Re: CS-234 Discussion

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.

As Licklider and Taylor predicted in "The Computer as a Communication Device",
 Usenet brings people of similar interests together by using interconnected computers as
 communication devices that don't require proximity, which simplies communication and helps people save money
 (the overall access to internet increased as the costs decreased, which they also predicted).
 For the case of Usenet, it wasn't widely available to everyone and easy to use for everyone
 as their vision and wasn't developped enough for people to choose it over
 real life communication (we can say that even today with our
 developped websites and apps, some people would still prefer face to face meetings.)