[Air-L] Dumbest Generation?

Heidelberg, Chris Chris.Heidelberg at ssa.gov
Thu May 15 07:28:33 PDT 2008


I will get this book, but I will highly critical based on my research
and my direct knowledge of the power of gaming for learning. The
Pentagon has spent billions and understands its power because they are
currently fighting a real cyberwar with rogue nations and domestic
hackers.

Chris 

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Huh... I thought it was Nintendo and videogames that did that... ;)

Sheff, David. 1993. Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry,
Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children. New York,
NY: Random House Inc.

Best.
Casey

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Katy E. Pearce <kpearce at umail.ucsb.edu>
wrote:
> Mark Bauerlein's new book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age

> Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future and its
critics...
> great debate on Metafilter, with links to MSM stories/review on the
book:
> http://www.metafilter.com/71648/Now-Get-Off-of-My-Lawn
>

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Casey O'Donnell
PhD - RPI STS Department

http://homepage.mac.com/codonnell/
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