On Thu 17 Mar 2016 at 17:49:10 (+0000), Curt wrote: > On 2016-03-17, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The only stupid question is one not asked, Anyone is free to respond or > > not respond, as long as the question is asked following the norms. Ric > > > > The only stupid question is one not asked?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question > Hypertext--or should I say the ideology of hypertext?--is ultrademocratic and > so entirely in harmony with the demagogic appeals to cultural democracy that > accompany (and distract one’s attention from) the ever-tightening grip of > plutocratic capitalism. - Susan Sontag I remember, back in the days when "programmed learning" was new, picking up a novel where the chapters were designed to be read in the order of the reader's own choosing. (Reader's rather than readers'---I'm sure only the proof-reader ever read the entire book.) Having flicked through it, my only decision if I bought it would be to decide, after pulling it apart into its signatures, in which order to use them as firelighters :) Cheers, David.
