[FRIAM] Kicking the Internet up a notch

[Ken Lloyd]

Tom,
 
See: http://www.internet2.edu.  
 
This initiative was started in the late 90's as a high bandwidth,
subscription based research and education delivery system.  We are reaping
some of the small, commercial benefits now - from contributions from Cisco's
high speed hardware, and security from the work of Cerias at Purdue.
 
Universities were looking to the future at different business models in case
the college campus became impractical or obsolete as an educational delivery
system.  This was a jump on plan 'B'.
 
At the same time, POI (plain old Internet) has been gaining ground in the
research area.  Although individual research is extremely expensive (even
though much of it is free), the research libraries at universities have the
power of size and $ in negotiation with technical and scientific publishing
houses.  This helps keep universities viable, and the publishing enterprises
profitable - a win-win for these stakeholders.  
 
The underlying business model of research, education and knowledge is alive
and adapting to the competition posed from POI commons. From the perspective
of traditional education, it is kind of like learning to live with diabetes
- if you don't manage it, it can kill you - meaning you can't take it for
"granted".
 
The dynamics and complexities of the flow of education and knowledge in a
global economy is at the heart of many of the US's problems.  Specifically,
knowledge has gone from being a scarce resource to becoming a global
commodity.  The value of purveying knowledge must be balanced with the value
to society from consuming (applying) knowledge.  
 
Tattered, cardboard sign from the near future: "PhD. Will teach physics for
food."
 
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Kenneth A. Lloyd
CEO and Director of Systems Science
Watt Systems Technologies Inc.
Albuquerque, NM USA
kalloyd at wattsys.com
kenneth.lloyd at incose.org  - MBSE Complex, Adaptive & Stochastic Systems
kenneth.lloyd at nmug.net - Director of Education
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From: friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf
Of Tom Johnson
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:34 PM
To: 1st-Mile-NM; Friam at redfish. com
Subject: [FRIAM] Kicking the Internet up a notch


Let's see now: what are the odds we in New Mexico -- hell, in the U.S. --
will ever see a fraction of this in our home?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece?print=ye
s
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece?print=y
es&randnum=1207538948023> &randnum=1207538948023 ---

-- tj

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J. T. Johnson
Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA
www.analyticjournalism.com
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the
existing model obsolete."
-- Buckminster Fuller
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