A worldwide network of computers will make all of mankind’s factual knowledge available to students everywhere in a matter of minutes or seconds. Then, the human brain will not have to serve as a repository of specific facts, and the uses of memory will shift. In the new education, breaking timeworn, rigid chains of memory may have greater priority than forging new links. New materials may be learned just as were the great myths of past cultures – as fully integrated systems that resonate on several levels and share the qualities of poetry and song.