"Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and make deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat...apart from inquiry...individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention." -- Paulo Freire - Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1993)
Professor Alfred Bork has, for the last 30 years, stated that the educational system that we use around the world is out of date. That the way we use technology today is a waste of money. He supplies a solution, but not in the old framework that teachers and politicians think. Not in the teacher orientated system which was thought out in the 12 century Italy and is still practiced today. Just think about that. We use a system that's almost a thousand years old in a world with 6,5 billion people!
Isn't the judge influence too big? The decision of the judge counts not only for the America's but also for the rest of the world. When a 16 year old boy is lifted up of his bed under pressure of the FBI by European authorities... then I believe the DeCSS matter must lay in the hands of a international court and not under the jurisdiction of the US court. Do you agree?
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Could you bring this case on a international level? If the answer is no; is it that the US doesn't recognizes the higher jurisdiction of international laws. Maybe it would be a very good time to advocate for this, not only in the US but world wide. The new technology certainly knows no boundaries (little bit of-topic:) but to tress the point: nano-tech).
Cheers and God speed.
History:)
....In China they love to copy, so did the US in the 18'th century and upward (copy industrial ideas from Great Britian), until they had a stronger industry then the British Empire. Where would mankind be if we weren't allowed to copy? No explosives... no clocks ( both from good old China) no numbers (Asia, and thanks to the old muslims for the math;)... Oh boy. Copy the Open Source Code!:) Movies.... they aren't even a tool...
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"Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and make deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat...apart from inquiry...individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention."
-- Paulo Freire - Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1993)
Professor Alfred Bork has, for the last 30 years, stated that the educational system that we use around the world is out of date. That the way we use technology today is a waste of money. He supplies a solution, but not in the old framework that teachers and politicians think. Not in the teacher orientated system which was thought out in the 12 century Italy and is still practiced today. Just think about that. We use a system that's almost a thousand years old in a world with 6,5 billion people!
A drastic overhaul of the global educational system is needed. Professor Bork has some very decent thoughts about this on his site: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~bork/papers.html but first read the interview with Alfred Bork: The Future of Learning
(...No no no, he isn't part of the collective.)
Q.1
:) but to tress the point: nano-tech).
:)
... no clocks ( both from good old China) no numbers (Asia, and thanks to the old muslims for the math ;)... Oh boy. Copy the Open Source Code! :) Movies.... they aren't even a tool...
Isn't the judge influence too big? The decision of the judge counts not only for the America's but also for the rest of the world. When a 16 year old boy is lifted up of his bed under pressure of the FBI by European authorities... then I believe the DeCSS matter must lay in the hands of a international court and not under the jurisdiction of the US court. Do you agree?
Q.2
Could you bring this case on a international level? If the answer is no; is it that the US doesn't recognizes the higher jurisdiction of international laws. Maybe it would be a very good time to advocate for this, not only in the US but world wide. The new technology certainly knows no boundaries (little bit of-topic
Cheers and God speed.
History
....In China they love to copy, so did the US in the 18'th century and upward (copy industrial ideas from Great Britian), until they had a stronger industry then the British Empire. Where would mankind be if we weren't allowed to copy? No explosives