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.

Usenet aligns with Licklider and Taylor's vision by enabling people
to engage in asynchronous intellectual collaboration,
regardless of their geographic location.Through its open newsgroups
covering diverse topics, Usenet allowed users to exchange ideas and
participate in discussions, fostering a sense of community based on
common interests,and breaking the constraints of physical proximity.
While it doesn’t provide real-time interaction, Usenet's threaded
discussions match the authors' concept of creative and interactive
communication, where dynamic collaboration leads to new ideas. Hence,
we can say that Usenet laid the foundation for distributed intellectual
resources and  communities, embodying the potential of computers to
revolutionize communication as predicted by the authors.