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The Laptop Brings Back A More Seamless Kind Of Learning.

Learning By Doing, Peer-to-peer Teaching, And Computer Simulation Are All Part Of The Same Equation.

One Of The Basics Of A Good System Of Innovation Is Diversity. In Some Ways, The Stronger The Culture (national, Institutional, Generational, Or Other), The Less Likely It Is To Harbor Innovative Thinking. Common And Deep-seated Beliefs, Widespread Norms, And Behavior And Performance Standards Are Enemies Of New Ideas. Any Society That Prides Itself On Being Harmonious And Homogeneous Is Very Unlikely To Catalyze Idiosyncratic Thinking. Suppression Of Innovation Need Not Be Overt. It Can Be Simply A Matter Of Peoples Walking Around In Tacit Agreement And Full Comfort With The Status Quo.

While A Significant Part Of Learning Certain Comes From Teaching - But Good Teaching And By Good Teachers - A Major Measure Comes From Exploration, From Reinventing The Wheel And Finding Out For Oneself.

In The World Of Computers And Just Devices In General, The Lifespan, Or The Shelf Life, Is Relatively Short Just Because Technology Moves So Fast And The Costs Drop So Quickly And The Power, Whether It's Computing Power Or Memory Rises Very, Very Quickly.