Re: email-tutoring

["David J. Coogan" <coogan@charlie.cns.iit.edu>]

On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Sara Kimball wrote:
> Hmm, it might be kind of cool
> to make a truly interactive hypertext dictionary where readers could **add*
> their own links easily.  It might get pretty confusing pretty fast too if
> there were many readers involved.
> 
> 
> -->  This, I think, is the crucial difference.  Because when we start
doing that kind of thing, we'll have to admit, finally, that dictionaries
have always been biased by some group who had THE AUTHORITY to determine
which defintions would count. 

What I enjoy most about technology studies is that it seems to force us,
sometimes unwillingly, into conclusions like that.  Do we really want a
dictionary that includes my thoughts and your thoughts?  What value is
there in that?

Dave