I was in a school IT dept when we rolled out laptops for some schools. The only reason we did it was so the director of IT could justify his position in the district. There was zero evidence that laptops were any better than text books. Also, half the time the damn things didn’t work and were sl...

In Plato's 'Phaedrus', the god Theuth claims that his new technology 'writing' will make Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories. He is met with this response from Thamus: "Most ingenious Theuth, one man has the ability to beget arts, but the ability to judge of their usefulness or harmfuln...