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The Ludwig von Mises Institute  Advancing Austrian Economics,
Liberty, and Peace  Advancing the scholarship of liberty in the
tradition of the Austrian School  Search Mises.org  The First
Truly Literate Generation  Mises Daily: Wednesday, June 07, 2006
by   Remember those silly days in the 1990s, when Clinton, Gore,
and their friends cobbled together our money to put computers in
every classroom and community center? The hope was that the
computer would at last do what the government has so far been
unable to do after a century of work: make every child literate
and high-minded. It turned out that most of the new computers
gathered dust and became obsolete.  The web was dull and
uneventful in those days. But no longer. It turns out that there
was a kernel of truth in the Clinton view: computers can be a
wonderful tool for learning. What looks like time-wasting
provides important technical training, a vehicle for healthy
socializing, access to a