The internet saves me the clutter of piles of paper. It lets me delve much further afield. But let's acknowledge that the net is a complement and not a substitute for other forms of serendipity and communication. But books didn't kill religion, any more than TV killed movies, any more than the internet will kill books. Let's hope that multiple serendipities endure.
Life is too rich to experience all of it virtually.
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