Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Linda Watson <linda.watson AT Egarden.com>]

At 01:47 PM 9/19/00 -0400, you wrote:

> > Let's take the
> > money now given to the individual political candidates and to political
> > parties and use it to make sure every home has Internet
> > access

Ed Wesolowski (edwes AT ncgov2000.org) asked:

> Linda: was this sendup or
> serious?


I'm serious.

Rachel had a good point about being able to use them. On the other hand,
people all know how to use technology that seems valuable to them: VCRs
(on some level), ATMs, cars, CD players. I'm not asking them to learn
Perl, just to learn how to browse the web.

How about classes in the schools, in the malls, in community centers, and
especially on TV to teach people the basics? I'd say that being able to
use the web is a core aspect of literacy -- if not today, then within 5
years.

Parisians have made web browsers part of their standard telephones. C'est
belle! (or is it C'est beaux-beaux?)

... Linda


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