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CS234 <cs234@lhmerino.dont-email.me> 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.

Usenet fits with parts of Licklider and Taylor’s vision from “The Computer as a Communication Device” by allowing global, user-driven communication between people who are far apart. This reflects their idea of creating “interactive communities” where users could share knowledge and collaborate​. Usenet’s discussion forums are similar to their idea of cooperative modeling, where people work together to exchange and build on ideas​. However, some things turned out differently. Licklider and Taylor imagined more real-time communication, while Usenet is mostly asynchronous. They also envisioned communication that would include multimedia and visual models, not just text​. Usenet stayed mostly text-based and didn’t have the kind of interactive, graphical systems or fast decision-making they thought computers would help with​.