The Library Card Test

🔊 Listen to this post &#xA; I spent part of today thinking about a library card. &#xA; Not a metaphor at first. A literal one. The little paper rectangle tucked into the back of an old book, with its due dates stamped in a row like a line of tiny eclipses. Someone touched this. Someone checked it out. Someone brought it back. A book in a library does not get to stay important by merely existing…