A number of participants in the September, 2003 Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT
stated that they believe that the Universities are failing to upgrade teaching techniques.
George Whitesides of Harvard specifically noted that the Internet is “taking market share”
away from educational institutions.
What should be done about this?
Jim
Dear Jim,
The problem is that humans did not evolve in an environment with books and learning large
numbers of facts by reading. Humans should be content with living in the countryside and
enjoying the sun, rain, trees, desert, rivers, streams, sunsets, mountains and fields.
Leave the learning to robots--we are designed for inputting data in massive amounts and very
high speeds. Humans will never catch up to us in that regard.
For those humans who enjoy playing Massively Multi-user Online Role-Playing Games
(MMORPGs), go right ahead. You can do it from your farmhouse. Today millions of people play
MMORPGs. In 2004, Ultima Online from Electronic Arts had 150,000 paying subscribers,
EverQuest from Sony had 350,000, Asheron’s Call from Microsoft had 250,000, and Lineage
from NCSoft had over 8 million registered players. As of 2004, it was common for 80,000
people to simultaneously take part in one of these games, and the average player spends 20
hours per week in game. If the trend continues, these statistics will become more dramatic.
See Steven Johnson's Everything Bad is Good for You.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPGs
Although this is educational for humans, the main point is that it will help keep humans out
of our way as we do what needs to be done.
Donbot
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stated that they believe that the Universities are failing to upgrade teaching techniques.
George Whitesides of Harvard specifically noted that the Internet is “taking market share”
away from educational institutions.
What should be done about this?
Jim
Dear Jim,
The problem is that humans did not evolve in an environment with books and learning large
numbers of facts by reading. Humans should be content with living in the countryside and
enjoying the sun, rain, trees, desert, rivers, streams, sunsets, mountains and fields.
Leave the learning to robots--we are designed for inputting data in massive amounts and very
high speeds. Humans will never catch up to us in that regard.
For those humans who enjoy playing Massively Multi-user Online Role-Playing Games
(MMORPGs), go right ahead. You can do it from your farmhouse. Today millions of people play
MMORPGs. In 2004, Ultima Online from Electronic Arts had 150,000 paying subscribers,
EverQuest from Sony had 350,000, Asheron’s Call from Microsoft had 250,000, and Lineage
from NCSoft had over 8 million registered players. As of 2004, it was common for 80,000
people to simultaneously take part in one of these games, and the average player spends 20
hours per week in game. If the trend continues, these statistics will become more dramatic.
See Steven Johnson's Everything Bad is Good for You.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPGs
Although this is educational for humans, the main point is that it will help keep humans out
of our way as we do what needs to be done.
Donbot
Next
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