Subject: Re: Who will be allowed to participate.
From: Dennis Nelson (NELSOND@ny-smtp.army.mil)
Date: Fri 28 Jan 2000 - 19:44:43 MET
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:44:43 -0500 From: Dennis Nelson <NELSOND@ny-smtp.army.mil> Subject: Re: Who will be allowed to participate.
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Is the issue is there a way, or there must be a way?
If someone is the best, brightest, has it all, etc., and doesn't share and
help others along; soon resentment, envy and/or hopelessness to share
on the part of others will lead them to harass or destroy the someone.
If we are better off, we have a self-interest, if not a moral obligation, to
help all others become better off.
We all are on journey. As with any journey, anyone who gets too far in
front of the pack will die from enemies, nature or otherwise outrunning
the logistical support needed to keep the journey moving.
These are just some of the inviolate basic principles that we can seem to
avoid in the short-term, but looked at over enough time and space are
shown to be true.
Faithfully,
Dennis R. Nelson
>>> Richard Rothwell <Rar@svs.org.uk> 01/27/00 02:40pm >>>
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On 27 Jan 00, at 12:00, tom abeles wrote:
> there will be exceptions as campuses look more like urban malls
> with avariety of activities, but these will be a far cry from the
> current ivy covered halls
I am intrigued by the idea of local study centres evolving to support
these lonely cyber-students. In these places you could have the
labs and more expensive equipment and the social experience of
university. A smallish town could support such a micro-university.
In the UK you can see the Open University as a model for what is
possible with extant technology - it has more students than any
other UK university. With the current costs of studying in the UK
as a conventional student, it is probably cheaper to go to work part-
time and study part time with the OU.
Is is possible to build these places, maintain academic and social
benefits, while being able to offer something of the conversations in
the cloisters to the less well off?
rgds,
Richard Rothwell
Head of Computing
Sutton Valence School
Kent
www.svs.org.uk
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