I exist as the person that I am because of my local library.

I would go there whenever I wanted to read books.

Books don’t just go away when you’re finished them, their words sit on your mind, to sink deeper and deeper into you, until they are a part of who you are.

Sometimes a very important part.

The possibility for change is anathema to people who insist they have had the whole truth already revealed to them.

We have fucked up Computer so badly, in that regard. Instead of building user trust, allowing for swift deployment of necessary fixes and new features that genuinely makes the user's life better, The Update has become something to be feared.

For pretty much anything with a connection to the internet, too; your mobile phone, your laptop, your television, your fridge, your car, your thermostat.

Everything you use might suddenly start showing ads. Or stop working entirely because whatever 'cloud' service it depends on stops being available.

Such potential, all wasted for more ad revenue.