Food for thought... deep thought?

[mamagotcha]

I tripped over this article recently... an essay looking at what we might be losing as we become Internet people.

I'd like my kids, in particular, to read it, but I'd also appreciate hearing what some of my NPL peeps think (and do you think the rest of the Krewe would be interested in seeing it?).

I'm trying not to color this post with what I think about the writer's suggestions, but I do want to explore them in a future post...

Thanks, gang.

Comments

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

I admit I lost interest partway through (and yes, I get the irony; I wonder whether he deliberately wrote as boringly as possible in order to get people to drift off and then think "hey maybe he's right").

I skimmed the rest; and ultimately my feeling is that a few paragraphs at the end that say "this may sound alarmist, and sure it's been said about every other technological advance ever, but I think I'm right about this" don't really suffice to change the fact that it sounds alarmist and has been said about every other technological advance ever.