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Article: The Internet? Bah! (computers cannot replace books, teachers or newspapers)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- February 27, 1995
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Hype Alert: Why cyberspace isn't, and will never be, nirvana
After two decades online, I'm perplexed. It's not that I haven't had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I've met great people and even caught a hacker or two. But today I'm uneasy about this most trendy and oversold community. Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms. They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business win shift from offices and malls to networks and modems. And the freedom of digital networks will make government more democratic.
Baloney. Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth is no ...
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