Pulled from the NPR show On The Media:
“I think we must consider new ways to build a great network for knowledge – not just a broadcast system – but one that employs every means of sending and of storing information that the individual can use.
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The country doctor getting help from a distant laboratory or a teaching hospital; a scholar in Atlanta might draw instantly on a library in New York; a famous teacher could reach with ideas and inspiration into some far-off classroom, so that no child need be neglected.Eventually, I think this electronic knowledge bank could be as valuable as the Federal Reserve Bank, and such a system could involve other nations. It could involve them in a partnership to share knowledge and to thus enrich all mankind.
A wild and visionary idea? Not at all. Yesterday’s strangest dreams are today’s headlines, and change is getting swifter every moment.” – Lyndon Baines Johnson
I heard this listing to “On The Media” in my first podcast, which I believe to be the future of broadcasting. Which means it’ll go nowhere. I thought the iPod was a terrible idea.