Amazon has No Business Replacing Public Libraries

I never thought I’d have to make a video called “Should Amazon Replace Libraries?” But then a certain poorly-written and not-researched op-ed in Forbes came out, and I was left with no choice.

Contrary to popular beliefs, libraries are not — I repeat, NOT — dying. Nor are they obsolete. And we certainly shouldn’t be replacing them with anything by Amazon, or any other commercial entity.

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Tattoos, Mr. Rogers, and the Case for Responsible Information

Where do tattoos come from, and why do we get them? Folks usually get tattoos to reflect something about themselves — but that’s not always the case. This video looks at some examples of that over the past six millennia, medical tattooing, tattooing in Polynesian cultures, the Holocaust, Mr. Rogers, and the internet’s effect on empathy.

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