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Was playing AC:Odyssey while thinking of that post going around about wishing libraries were open late as a nonalcoholic \u201cthird place\u201d

And it got me thinking of a vision of libraries as the American agora - a space for inquiry, public discourse, civic bonding, and homeless guys jacking off in public

(Setting aside that I\u2019ve lived in a culture - a college campus - where libraries were social gathering points open late and it wasn\u2019t really that huge shakes)

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