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The Death of the Textbook, and the Emergence of Games

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20 points·michaelpinto··9 comments

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I refuse to listen to audio that won't tell me how much time it will take to listen.

Same deal here. Ironic that a discussion about the coming nonlinearization of learning is only linearly accessible.

FWIW, it's about an hour. That said, I agree, that's really annoying.

What really irked me about the site is that you can't download the mp3 files.

I poked through the websites source code and found a link to it.

http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/podcasts/DeathoftheTextbook.mp3

Thank you!!!!!

Learning as we know it will be going the way of the dodo.

Software eventually will be good enough to take over and mass customization will produce unparalleled results for a fraction of the cost.

Life as a kid is about to get a lot less boring.

It's just sad how over and over again people make the same mistake in seeking technological solutions for the problems that have nothing to do with technology.

Can you please explain your point of view?

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