Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!owenng.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Owen Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: CS-234 Discussion Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:29:16 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Sender: root Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:29:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: owenng.dont-email.me; posting-host="29e2849ac2dba7bc3a4d985cc6d5f1a8"; logging-data="710491"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/kZQJ8qdY0lV0M+fQ4gRWk" User-Agent: tin/2.6.3-20231224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.10.0-linuxkit (aarch64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4wsj/GHuB5VmDGEH1+RMd/5nqyE= Bytes: 2257 Owen wrote: > 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.