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		mathattack on Dec 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the Web Won't Be Nirvana (1995) Clifford Stoll's writing should be required reading. He missed some of the technological leaps of the past 18 years that improved adoption (this was pre-pre-Bubble) but the many of the ideas of human contact do ring true today. I was very surprised when I read this the first time around. He elaborated more in Silicon Valley Snake Oil, also from 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Snake_Oil and http://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Snake-Oil-Thoughts-Information...

gaius on Dec 2, 2013 [–]

SSO should be required reading for the current crop of "teach everyone to code" types.

mathattack on Dec 3, 2013 | [–]

I think they tell different stories, no?

SSO is about spending too much time online. "Teach everyone to code" is about giving people marketable skills, and adding computer programming to the mathematics curriculum. Why not?

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