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Hands off the #Libraries: How a Little Research Can Save You from Looking Stupid In Front of the Whole Internet

Hands off the #Libraries: How a Little Research Can Save You from Looking Stupid In Front of the Whole Internet

This weekend I had the displeasure of reading a Forbes op-ed piece suggesting that Amazon should “replace local libraries to save taxpayers money.” I was hoping it was satire, but as I read through it, I realized the author, a Forbes contributor named Panos Mourdoukoutas, was actually serious. (Or else he’s the world’s most un-funny satirist.)

#Libraries will never be replaced by Amazon.

For now…