Fun and interesting read; WSJ Book Review 'A Place for Everything'
I had several thoughts while reading this fun and interesting book review. First: I wouldn't have even thought of making a Zettel Note entitled: History of Alphabetical Order. Second: by the end of the article I've decided I'm not going "deep" enough into my subjects. Ms. Powers' closing comment, discussing barcodes, and other search engine algorithms: "The upshot is that centuries of effort to render knowledge universally accessible have culminated in a system that stores information in a form which no human eye, unaided by machine, can decipher."
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@Steve625 Need a subscription to the Wall Street Journal to read this article.
The Wayback Machine at The Internet Archive can often help in such cases.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201022101447/https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-place-for-everything-review-ordering-the-universe-11602860309?m
Ooops. I spoke too soon. It also captures only the start of the article. Sorry.
Sorry, I tried a couple of other links designed for sharing, but they didn't work either.
the article is not meant to be shared, that's the whole point
my first Zettel uid: 202008120915
YMMV, but I was able to read the full article for free by opening an incognito browser window, running a Google search for the article, and then clicking on the link in the search results.
But as zk_1000 stated, it’s clearly not meant to be shared—it’s sometimes ridiculous how many hoops you need to go through in order to view the article sans subscription.
(and thanks to OP for submitting, it was interesting!)
"A Place for Everything"?? That's my happy place right there! Thanks for the heads-up, will look at this book.