McCulloch — “Rather than thinking of books as a way…”

Source: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language — Gretchen McCulloch

Book page: mcculloch-because-internet-part-1

From: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language — Quotes

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Rather than thinking of books as a way of embalming language, of rendering it fixed and dead for eternity (or at least of trapping and caging it so it doesn’t move around quite so much), we can think of them as maps and guidebooks to help people navigate language’s living, moving splendor. Every atlas eventually becomes a history book, but a globe is still a glorious thing to feel spinning under your hands with potential.