[LINK] OT? ABC: 'Cyborg rights 'need debating now''

[Stilgherrian]

On 05/06/2010, at 10:26 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> XGens know lots of stuff.
> YGens know far less stuff, but they know how to find out.
> iGens know very little, and forget what they know, but find out fastest.

You could probably construct a similar chronology for the generations straddling the introduction of near-universal literacy. Previously, the emphasis is on learning the knowledge, later comes the emphasis on learning the tools of readin'n'writin' to access the preconstructed stores of knowledge.

I also find it curious that "book learning" was denigrated, as opposed to real life experience or oral testimony, until that flipped around and the written record became the truth as opposed to unreliable speech -- and yes, I over-simplify to make the point.

It does seem to be that each generation will count its own preferred method of recording and transmitting knowledge as superior to those before and after. Human nature, that.

Stil


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