Now you can see my (slightly melodramatic) comments from the “Future of the Book” panel a few weeks ago at the Mechanics Institute. Here are my opening comments on why I have always considered reading to be something one does with computers. Also, I get in a dig at Facebook.

Yes, I actually used the word “fascist” in this speech, which I rarely do – but you have to understand the context, which is that our moderator had begun the conversation by talking about how e-books were basically like Nazis burning books. You can hear his comments here. And if you want to hear what everybody on the panel had to say, check out the Examiner’s report on the event.