I just read this, and the parts that I understood are interesting to think
about for people like us who categorize for a living.  With a nod to my
wife, who sent it along:

http://www.shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html

Apologies to all if someone else posted this.  I haven't been paying much
attention for a while.  The nice thing about email and the annual arguments
is that I can happily delete 150 emails on Archivists vs. Librarians, or
salary complaints, or politics just based on subject lines.

I read the annual picnic thing during the SAA meeting, though - I like
those.

DS

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