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Illich's Internet

"For years now, various debates about the effectiveness, and even necessity, of universities and institutionalized schools have been a part of world politics. On one extreme, some decry educational institutions as irrelevant and outdated; on the other, some insist that higher learning is the only way modern human beings can learn how to contribute to society. In recent years, with the introduction of the internet into our daily lives, new solutions to the arguments against institutionalized education -- or at least against its absolute necessity, have arisen. The internet, and all the communicative and educational possibilities it carries, may be relatively new, but the conversation regarding its place as an educational tool is not. In this article, I will discuss a fragment of one man's much larger vision regarding the re-evaluation of standard education, and how it relates to our contemporary world."

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