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Article: No more classes, no more books.(The Providence Journal)
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- July 12, 2000
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WASHINGTON _ Like President Clinton, I am concerned about the "digital divide'' that is turning our nation into two nations, hurtling through cyberspace. It pains me to think of the multitude of citizens who, deprived of Internet access, are prevented from day-trading their wages away, or logging onto Napster.com for the latest pop hits, or buying lots of stuff on the thousands of Web sites that accept major credit cards.
If all this sounds slightly cynical, please forgive me. But I have a feeling that there is less to the digital divide than politicians and journalists would have us believe, and that while Internet access is nice in theory, it is not the panacea ...