TV Atheism

The TV blandwidth is slightly widened with the US broadcast of “A Brief History of Disbelief” hosted by Jonathan Miller. I’ve just seen the third of the trinity on atheism. If you didn’t get the chance to watch, too bad. Here is a link to the show homepage… better luck next time

Global Footnote

Harry Potter, the last book sales figure mark an odd data day. Global sales 72 million. US sales 8 million. These figures for a book in English, yet sold worldwide. A global readership. Check the ratio again. Any guess about the relative value or earnings power needed by each of the readers to consume the written word? Any guess about what that means to your literacy dependent future?