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Being Human: 10 Questions about the future of the humanities in America
by noteworthy at 9:49 pm EDT, Mar 17, 2007

5. How can the contemplative mind survive in the multitasking, ADD-inducing world of digitization? Are we willing to face the downside of this great electronic boon? Do we really want students reading electronic texts of the classics that are festooned with more links than a Wikipedia entry? Aren’t a few moments of quiet bafflement preferable to an endless steeplechase across Web page after Web page?

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Then think of poor Douglas Rushkoff.


 
 
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