We think of books as ideas, but they're also technology.

In today's chat with @shadychars about his book "The Book," we nerd out about the physical book — talking about papyrus, acid-free paper, and why most books are rectangles.

If you love the smell of a new paperback, you’ll love this one. And I promise you'll walk away with at least three fun facts to share with your friends!

Watch: https://youtu.be/d2HmHoZnCns

Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/keith-houston-bonus/transcript

Listen: pod.link/173429229

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Just to be clear, when I said I wanted to get the booster "right before" I go to see family, I meant ~2 weeks before in order to give the vax time to fully take effect.

Thanks to everyone who is responding to my question!

The first details on the Anthropic copyright settlement just came out:

$1.5 billion dollars. Covers 500,000 books that were pirated and used to train AI models. ($3,000 per book.)

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-to-pay-at-least-1-5-billion-in-landmark-copyright-settlement-with-authors-bfcdd57b?st=EKqJRf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink