Minds of Fire Article

This article talks about how learning has evolved from people getting and processing information/knowledge in a more isolated individual way to people getting together and processing information together to create body of knowledge that is not static but evolving and collaborative. Learning and knowledge has moved from the halls of universities to the web. Because of advances in technology and utilization of social networking tools, how this knowledge is shared, organized and expanded takes on new meanings and implications of knowledge acquisition. While experts have an "authority" in putting specific information "out there", any person has the right to use and review that information which in turn adds to the depth if not breath of that topic. Knowledge is now far more accessible to people who may not have had opportunities (time, money, formal education) to access it. I am privileged to be in the US where we have access to uncensored information via the internet. I think of people in China and Cuba who blog at the risk of incarceration.