The End of Wisdom
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The End of Wisdom
| Full title | The End of Wisdom? The Future of Libraries in a Digital Age |
|---|---|
| Author | Wendy Evans and David Baker |
| Published | 2016 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | An edited volume of forecasts, strategy options and case studies on whether libraries survive digitisation — the “death of the book” hypothesis argued from inside the profession. |
Where I heard about it
- The replies to @WillManidis — named in his thread asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (June 2025); the full list is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
About this edition
An ambiguous title. The reply named only “The End of Wisdom,” and at least four books carry it — a Christian study by Caleb Reichardt, an advice critique by Farah Nabih Smaily, Martin Shields’s study of Ecclesiastes, and this Chandos/Elsevier library-futures volume. Because the thread asked for a book that explains an entire industry, this card takes the library one.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Libraries — the industry this reading of the title points at.
- Open Source Knowledge — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.