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 embodies the non-hierarchical interactive communication
network that Licklider and Taylor postulated in "The Computer as
a Communication Device." Usenet's plethora of newsgroups, where
 users from all over the world share ideas and information,
perfectly embodies the idea that computers can be instruments
that foster collective thinking. In other words, they envision a
world in which there is a public information repository that
 may access and contribute to with little restriction—and such
worlds already exist. Although Usenet does not allow users to
interact in real time, it does allow for the emergence of communities
 encourages the exchange of ideas which was a primary aim for
Licklider and Taylor’s theory on cyberspace as seen in the
internet culture of Usenet.