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"The entire nature of information has changed. The schools followed. They do not teach facts, but teach the ways to get the facts and use the facts. All online, of course."

"Doing original research is getting harder and harder to do - everything is already available online and analysis of patterns can do in seconds what a dissertation used to take years to accomplish, especially in the humanities."



"Nowhere in the novel is there any mention of newspapers, radio or television. Yet, the characters get their news - online. "