Strange reading the truth I didn't even finish it.Meaning I suffer from "googliosis" :-)
"That’s the essence of Kubrick’s dark prophecy: as we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence." On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Lug, > > Apologies for cross posting > > Nicholas Carr <http://www.roughtype.com/>, published a post "is Google > making us stupid", > > http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/ > > He has been featured on edutechdebate.org, for a guest column this month, > and rest assured, someone came to my rescue and thrashed his work, > quoting a conversation between Socrates the great philosopher, and > Phaedrus, > > Socrates states > > "And in this instance, you who are the father of letters, from a paternal > love of your own children have been led to attribute to them a quality which > they cannot have; for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in > the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will > trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The > specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to > reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance > of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; > they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will > be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality." > > to follow the complete thread > > > http://edutechdebate.org/literacies-old-and-new/google-stupid-attention-thoughtfulness-literacy-networked-age/#idc-container > > > regards > > > Cavin > > ______________________ > (R.I.P. Binaisa) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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