This is a great interview with British actor and writer, Stephen Frye. I’ve just begin to discover how entangled he is with the philosophies of living and technology, but this is a great introduction to who he is and what he’s about.
In regards to books, he’s enamored with the “young people” who leave books on well traveled paths for future readers to discover. Most of us have probably come across the stray book, dedicated to it’s finder, but a more organized version of this can be found through Book Crossing. At the Crossing, the books are tracked and catalogued. For example, the book A Passage to India, by E.M. Forester has made 130 registered “hops”. That one book/artifact/object/container of content has passed through the lives of at least 500 individuals. Their hands touched the pages, the words graced their life at some appropriate time to absorb the information and let it go to the next traveler.
