Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!owenng.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: root Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: CS-234 Discussion Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:46:53 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:46:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: owenng.dont-email.me; posting-host="29e2849ac2dba7bc3a4d985cc6d5f1a8"; logging-data="697869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zC+CiKnLJi3DnCoJU1zUO" User-Agent: tin/2.6.3-20231224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.10.0-linuxkit (aarch64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MY2rJM6brbARY+6y0ykqNHEg1VU= Bytes: 2176 CS234 wrote: > This thread is intended for the students of CS-234: Technologies for democratic society > > How does Usenet fit into the vision presented by Licklider and Taylor in > "The Computer as a Communication Device"? > > Reflect on: > - Which aspects of their vision are realized through Usenet? > - What aspects have evolved differently from what they imagined? > > Feel free to respond to comments made by your classmates as well. Aspects Licklider and Taylor imagined similarly are that the computer would enable long distance communication and minimise having to travel back and forth for in-person meetings. Usenet provides a platform for people to chat to each other at their own discretion. While a phone call requires two people to agree to 'meet', BBS allow users to communicate at their leisure and enable more effective communication. However, they overestimated the capacity of technology at the time of Usenet. They believed that people would be able to have a personal AI assistent (OLIVER) to handle schduling or menial tasks. This contrasts Usenets true application, which is providing a democratised, free and open BBS to voice thoughts and opinions.