Jeff JarvisJan 5, 2023
Before New York schools banned ChatGPT, I wrote this about writing as exclusion and the need to reconsider literacy:
https://medium.com/whither-news/writing-and-exclusion-16d4d98a27a
Writing and Exclusion - Whither news? - Medium

In The Gutenberg Parenthesis (my upcoming book), I ask whether, “in bringing his inner debates to print, Montaigne raised the stakes for joining the public conversation, requiring that one be a…

Whither news?
Show threadLigia MorrisJan 5, 2023
@jeffjarvis banning things for students.. doesn’t work they way they think it does. Its disappointing that they’ve done that. What’s next? Calculators and auto-correct?
Show threadCromulent OutputsJan 5, 2023
@Tat2dfarmlady @jeffjarvis schools have tried banning calculators for a while. Now they have a literary calculator to deal with!
Show threadMike Woods
@rajvsmachine @Tat2dfarmlady @jeffjarvis My school banned slide rules. Showing my age 😉
Jan 5, 2023 at 3:32pmWeb
Show threadCromulent OutputsJan 5, 2023
@mikewoods @Tat2dfarmlady @jeffjarvis honestly I'm really good at mental math because my school heavily restricted use of TI82/TI83 (I did high school in the early aughts)
Show threadarethafrankensteinJan 5, 2023
@mikewoods @rajvsmachine @Tat2dfarmlady @jeffjarvis hahaha im young enough that i bought a slide rule for its novelty
Show threadCromulent OutputsJan 5, 2023
@arethafrankenstein @mikewoods @Tat2dfarmlady @jeffjarvis I also own a novelty slide rule :-)