https://finiteeyes.net/open/the-textbooks-misnomer/
"By teaching students to expect that books ought to be free, we are
teaching them to be bad citizens. To help them become better citizens,
we can’t just moan about the price of textbooks, we need to help our
students (and ourselves) think critically both about the political
economy of book publishing (academic and trade) and, further, about the
economy of the society of which we’re all a part. If we want a gift
economy, then we need to make that gift economy both functional and
visible, and we must guard fiercely against exploitation and against the
ideas that, like invasive plant species, wreak havoc when they escape
their niche."
Thoughtful musings. Via George Station.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
