Mike McDermott

Digital Technology Integration Librarian

Bowdoin College Library
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Brunswick, ME 04530 USA

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Quoted: Searching


Bit Rot (Douglas Coupland)

  • Highlight on Page 61 | Loc. 935-38 | Added on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 08:59 PM

It is incontestable that we are collectively rebuilding the way we process information. For example, notice that when we tell people about an idea we want them to research later, we don’t focus on the idea so much as how to search for it. Search words establish future locatability. “When you get home, just Google Mother Teresa, topless and lawsuit. You’ll find what I’m talking about right away.”