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You have to learn to let go. The idea that books, magazines, databases or any form of information source can and should be kept for perpetuity is laughable. Items in a library need to be weeded and space is the major reason why. I know all of you want to keep your precious books, and I do to. But who’s going to pay for it, you?... — the other me

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July 27, 2007

Wii and Second Life Replace Real Worker Training

David E. Stone, a research associate in the urban-studies department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is helping organizations create three-dimensional simulations for training workers to run power plants, make medical devices, and control pests. His chosen tools are a Wii remote, Nintendo’s innovative wireless controller for its video-game console, and the virtual world Second Life, according to an article today in Wired.

Mr. Stone says businesses find the virtual training more cost effective than real training.—-Andrea L. Foster

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