Presentists rule the future; Amazon omniview; fair use or ripoff? — Newsletter 20 Dec 2023
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Presentists rule the future; Amazon omniview; fair use or ripoff? — Newsletter 20 Dec 2023

Newsletter week 23: How to see around corners, Publisher’s Weekly editor looks back, how to see all your Amazon purchases at once, plus three people to follow, three books to read, and a chance to see your favorite ghosts in New York City in January. Be a presentist, not a futurist When I was an…

How to see the future

How to see the future

I’ve learned to anticipate what’s going to happen. You can, too, if you combine experience with seeing. I’ll be bombing down a busy city street on my bike, as I have for the last 40 years. I can read the car that’s angled 15 degrees to the left, the truck idling anxiously at the red light,…