Adam Nathan on Wonders & Worries

It's both, Julie. I think this is Toffler's Future Shock. Personally, I love what it's now possible to do, but I have an enormous intellectual and psychological investment in "speaking" the language of software. I've already been feeling my skills atrophy without the need to exercise them. This is a complete pivot. What if you could "read" a book in one second. Think of the wealth of human knowledge available to you! But think also of the loss of holding a book, turning its pages, annotating, bringing to a friend to share. We're losing a treasure here, but the exchange isn't a loss exactly. Or is it in ways we can't put our minds around yet? I'm curious on your take. I'm very interested in what it's doing to instruction. I actually think it is where it is most powerful, even radically so, but the teaching profession is going to radically shift as well. Certainly, you'll encounter it in the demands of your institution. To your question, though: higher-order contributions in the final tally.