This reminds me of the feeling I had during the early days of the Internet boom. I’m just old enough that I never heard the word “Internet” in college (or if I did hear it, it was spoken by some computer dude whose language was foreign to these ears).
Perhaps that explains why I was puzzled a couple years later when I started hearing people rave about the role computers and technology were going to play in revolutionizing education. My thought at the time: “This Internet thing sounds like a great tool, but it’s just a tool. Learning how to use the Internet is learning to use a tool. It’s not the same thing as learning about math or English or history.”
For more on the role our vastly improved information technology can play in the “dumbing down” of society, click here.
