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Thinking about path pollution in the context of the developing world

August 24th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

There’s a very interesting article in the latest issue of ACM Interactions, titled Digital Libraries for the Developing World. I think it’s a must-read for people interested in education, in opensource or in the developing world. [While I am a member of the ACM, my access to this article was on a public-domain basis using [...]

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More about nurture versus nature

August 24th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Four pillars

Thank you everyone for your comments on my previous post on this subject. I’m working through them and learning from them.
In the meantime, I’d like to extend the conversation on just one theme within the comments:
Motivation.
I think it’s at the heart of the nature-versus-nurture debate.
Imagine going into Google and trying to find something. Imagine being [...]

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