Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Interesting statement with which I have a lot of affinity. "In the shadow and gloom of today's institutional facts, it has become fashionable to mourn the passing of the democratic era. I say that democracy is the best our species has created so far, and woe to us if we abandon it now.  The real road to serfdom is to be persuaded that the declarations of democracy we have inherited are no longer relevant to a digital future.  These have been inscribed in our souls, and if we leave them behind— we abandon the best part of ourselves. If you doubt me, try living without them, as I have done. That is the real wasteland, and  we should fear it."

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