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Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news.

We are about 2500 days into Kelly’s predictions. It is stagering to to see just how accurate Kelly has been.

 

…humans and computers working together could beat any computer or any human working alone.
Racing with the machine beats racing against the machine. Technology is not destiny; we shape our destiny. (11:27)

Thanks to Bob Thomspom from Concordia for sharing the link to this great video. It is too bad our educational system does put students in a position where exam results all to often dictate their fate. Unfortunately, this direction is getting even more entrenched as we place even more significance on exams.