We still talk and look in the rear-view mirror and think we are … — “Education in the Electronic Age,” a speech delivered January 19, 1967, to the Provincial Committee on the Aims and Objectives of Education in Ontario; published in Interchange, Vol 1, No. 4, 1970, p 11

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We still talk and look in the rear-view mirror and think we are heading into specialization. We are heading into a highly encyclopedic world, like the world of the hunter. The hunter knew everything. He had to in order to survive.

“Education in the Electronic Age,” a speech delivered January 19, 1967, to the Provincial Committee on the Aims and Objectives of Education in Ontario; published in Interchange, Vol 1, No. 4, 1970, p 11

Quote #1751

Year: 1967

Chapter: Education