Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!sandro.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: root Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: CS-234 Discussion Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:42:50 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:42:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: sandro.dont-email.me; posting-host="7d2000bc9a53acff44a2f095318aa26a"; logging-data="3922617"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/m/eCuqtlqBEpN6ZiB+NfXqgJkYbPB17M=" User-Agent: tin/2.6.3-20231224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.10.6-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eR+qN4cTDjjUcBjl5+dLn8ydUUg= Bytes: 2141 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. Licklider and Taylor envisioned computers as tools for real-time, interactive communication that would foster creativity and collaboration among geographically dispersed users. Usenet partially fulfills this by allowing global discussions and open participation, reflecting their idea of distributed communication with low barriers to entry. However, unlike their vision of dynamic, real-time interaction with multimedia support, Usenet is limited to asynchronous, text-based exchanges. It lacks the rich visual models and intelligent systems they believed would guide and enhance complex problem-solving and decision-making. While Usenet captures some aspects of their vision, it falls short in interactivity and multimedia integration.