Fact/Fiction

Well, in fact, the boundaries between fact and fiction aren’t as definite as people used to think in more naïve times. We live everything through language, through storytelling, and Joseph’s computer texts are as much an imaginative narrative as any Russian novel. And, as for the practical side, we can have RFID tags on all the books sending out radio signals—our systems can locate them wherever they’re moved to—and there’s the added bonus that we can keep tracks on the circulation of some of the potentially antisocial content or usage that might be involved. Information in the wrong hands can be dangerous. Thus librarians as well as teachers, nurses, and carers can be enlisted in the battle for your security, releasing resources for our overworked and heroic police and security personnel.