Steve, Ken, and all,
The real question is how should the University serve in the digital age. Eduardo clearly understands that the University is the institute for preserving knowledge but the discussion hasn’t really centered on a vision of how knowledge is created and how best to support its dissemination through the education of individual minds. Until its vision and values are formulated no institution can provide coherent and progressive leadership for those seeking to gain or add effective knowledge. That leadership in research in the US seems to be shifting from major universities to private foundation funded institutions such as the Allen Institute for Neuroscience, and similar initiatives funded by very wealthy philanthropists like Bill Gates, and James Simon. (See last week's New York Times Magazine for Simon).
Or, so I believe,
Chuck
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