The Werther Effect is triggered by media coverage. But can media be the solution as well as the problem?

Taking a closer look at the inside cover of a book. What do you own?A house, maybe? A car? Some land? Or, if you’re a teenager like me, basically nothing? Or, should I say, basically nothin...

It’s not just about turning text to thoughts: how you read, and what you read it on, can literally change your brain. This piece began in my quest to try and find an answer to the age-old de...

A library without librarians, a bookshelf without books, and other wonders of the modern word. It’s late in the night, when most people are getting ready for bed — if they aren’t asleep alre...

I was reading a ‘book’ the other day. It was designed quite well. The hardest part of software design (or so they say) is not the program logic or intricate algorithms. It’s not the tracking...

In order to truly read quickly, we need a language that’s seen and not heard. There are no staff in the Ximen Intelligent Library of Taipei. You pick the books you want, and an automated sys...

How does money travel in time? Here are the details. This article is a follow-up of Time Travel: How banks make money by borrowing it from the future [https://medium.com/snipette/time-travel...