Viewed from a digital utopianstandpoint, the range of choices, tools, and opportunities to engage, chal-lenge, and create information or “content” democratizes, having arrivedavailable to all users without an apparent imbalance of power or discern-able limits imposed by social categories of difference, history, or historicalcontext
i like this idea, because creating equality in the space of knowledge through equitable access is a valuable thing!
nderestimating the weight of that which is connected
This really makes sense to me -- since it is the context that matters, not the direct connection itself.
providing access to digitized U.S. Census records and other public records
I believe that it is really important to open source information. Off topic, but I think the work of Meta (who I would usually not support due to stealing consumer data via Facebook) regarding LLama, a LLM that is being open-sourced) is great for general use.
Digital technologies enable us tohave virtual meetings, shared workspaces, and shared projects.
One thing that this reminds me of is the Meta Verse. While I really dislike Meta as a company, I love the idea of the Meta Verse. I would love to have a star wars esque hologram communication system in our world. Or seamless interaction with technology without having to actually hold a physical device.
Grades tend to diminish students’ interest in whatever they’re learning.
I believe that students really lose interest in learning and feel more like they have to get a good grade when a class is very difficult grade-wise. I'd much rather learn and have good grades be freely awarded than get a good grade and learn nothing,