Should public libraries be homes for ingenuity?

31.12.2008

And then the kid asks the doctor, "Tell me about some of your favorite books?" And the doctor says, "Sure, let me tell you about some of my favorite books." Because libraries are good places to talk about books. Right?

And on the way home, the doctor tells her husband, "I never thought I'd ever experience that much in a single evening at the public library." And the husband says, "Well, you always told me that creativity and playfulness are really the same thing. And ingenuity is the first cousin of creativity. And the people who designed our new library, they wanted to design a welcoming home for ingenuity."

And the doctor then asks, "Are the people who designed our new library architects?" And the husband replies, "No, the people who designed our new library are The machine is us."

"How did we make it happen?" she says. "We made it happen because we wanted to make it happen," he says.

"Really?"