tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post1607894581127254582..comments2023-10-04T11:35:50.986-04:00Comments on Out of the Jungle: Why Our Future does not need Firemen (Fahrenheit 451)James Milleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-79618544244259517132007-03-01T16:37:00.000-05:002007-03-01T16:37:00.000-05:00Jim, that's serendipity in one dimension, and I ce...Jim, that's serendipity in one dimension, and I certainly enjoy that, too. But, you lose the serendipity of browsing shelves and browsing through a treatise when you find a document in a database. You have no idea what sits next to it, subject-wise. And when you use "next term" to browse through a document or list of documents, you also lose the serendipity of finding relevant material with different terms as you page through or use a table of contents or index. There are many mansions in Serendip. :)Betsy McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824582240163409553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-24271867689566068792007-03-01T16:23:00.000-05:002007-03-01T16:23:00.000-05:00I've never understood the idea that computer use s...I've never understood the idea that computer use sacrifices serendipity. Every time I do a Google search and find thousands of hits on a simple concept, I'm benefitting from all kinds of serendipity. Blog aggregators like Bloglines and Google Reader also foster serendipity by bringing to the reader a tremendous variety of information which might be of interest or use.James Milleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.com