tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post593575294425218118..comments2016-02-22T13:04:49.002-08:00Comments on Education Matters: Will Facebook and texting be the death of democracy?Martha Tothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612277632250703909noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post-64013421216378813812010-05-17T10:26:13.155-07:002010-05-17T10:26:13.155-07:00I feel bound to note an editorial in The Economist...I feel bound to note an <a href="http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16109292" rel="nofollow">editorial in The Economist</a> that listed previous sky-is-falling denunciations of progress (from writing to movies to comic books to video games). It asserts that "new communications technologies tend to strengthen democracy, not weaken it, as revolutionaries have known ever since Thomas Paine and others used the printing press to argue for American independence." Good point. I'm still worried about subtle neurological changes, though.Martha Tothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612277632250703909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post-34472443858164624712010-05-04T14:36:07.596-07:002010-05-04T14:36:07.596-07:00Because it lets him make comments about what reall...Because it lets him make comments about what <i>really</i> motivates teenage boys, I presume.Martha Tothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612277632250703909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post-70793381300929731402010-05-03T12:31:53.854-07:002010-05-03T12:31:53.854-07:00It's taken me a while to post this comment bec...It's taken me a while to post this comment because I can't think or assess things quickly. Just because kids these days are learning different things and in different ways doesn't mean the end of the world. Just the end of the world as WE know it.<br />BTW, why has it taken me so long to discover this blog? And why does Geo follow your blog, but not mine???Weeping Sorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617503185773155102noreply@blogger.com