Author of Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World Interview starts at 10:33 and ends at 41:35 “Education increasingly wants to measure finite, little bites of stuff, and the digital technology that we are using in our education--and we do have print--is tailored to these quick wins as opposed to a deeper level of learning.” Intro My new VR setup: Samsung Galaxy Edge S8 with new Samsung Gear VR + controller News “Amazon continues to grow lead over Google as starting point for online shoppers” by Taylor Soper at GeekWire - January 13, 2017 Scott Galloway bio “How Amazon is Dismantling Retail” - Scott Galloway video - April 17, 2017 Tech Tip How I improved performance on my Amazon Fire HD 8 6th Generation tablet Interview with Naomi S. Baron Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter by David Sax Wonder by R. J. Palacio Content Amazon Publishing’s summer-fall 2017 catalog (PDF) Next Week’s Guest Dr. Ruth Westheimer, author of The Doctor is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!