Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Will knowledge become stratified?

And will education in the digital age widen the gap between the have's and the have not's?  While much has been written about the impending demise of print editions of newspapers--usually by the reporters and editors who work for said newspapers--it will have an interesting effect on the daily education of society in general.  An interesting, if brief, take on the subject can be found here.

Still, I can't help but think of what Mark Twain said: "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed.  If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."  All the more reason to stress critical thinking skills as a way to sift through the mass of information created about any single subject.

3 comments:

  1. You and Mark Twain. Keep your thoughts flow'n.

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  2. Sheldon,

    Two questions.

    1. How stratified is knowledge and educated is the general society as of now?

    2. What is lost when knowledge becomes too cheap?

    Thanks.

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