The Internets: Now With More Tubes!
Online just got a little smarter. (”George loves online.” <— who said it?)
Yesterday while blogging about meat-eating, I stumbled upon the full-text of Fast Food Nation over at Google. Wow. Those two rich multi-coloured geniuses are raising the bar again.
And then this morning I wake up to discover that The Atlantic Monthly is tearing down the wall that separates its content from the world. All of a sudden everyone has access to articles that date back to 1857. Like this excerpt from a November 1857 travel piece by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
One would think from the talk of men, that riches and poverty were a great matter; and our civilization mainly respects it. But the Indians say, that they do not think the white man with his brow of care, always toiling, afraid of heat and cold, and keeping within doors, has any advantage of them. The permanent interest of every man is, never to be in a false position, but to have the weight of Nature to back him in all that he does. Riches and poverty are a thick or thin costume; and our life—the life of all of us—identical.
Who knew the Internets could feel so old and wise?
As quoted over at Boing Boing:
Beginning today, TheAtlantic.com is dropping its subscriber registration requirement and making the site free to all visitors.
Now, in addition to such offerings as blogs, author dispatches, slideshows, interviews, and videos, readers can also browse issues going back to 1995, along with hundreds of articles dating as far back as 1857, the year The Atlantic was founded.
We’re pleased to bring The Atlantic before a broader online audience. We hope that the quality of its writing, the trenchancy of its insights, and the depth and thoughtfulness of its reporting will inspire many of our online readers to join the Atlantic family by becoming print subscribers.
See the Atlantic Monthly editor’s note here.
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