Being Mr. Kenny

More specifically, a library in 12th Century Paris. This library published 13 regulations, the last two of which were:

12. The professor is not to read such works for curiosity, lest he be poisoned.

13. Violators of that restraint are to be reprimanded.

Dispatches from a Public Librarian: Dispatch 23

Can you imagine trying to put that sort of limit on people’s use of the Internet. Why, I’ve lost whole months in a Wikipedia cycle. You have to keep clicking until your eyes dry out or someone unplugs the wireless router. It’s the Wikipedia way.