End of Ignorance

Subtly a Web has always connected us. Now the subtle becomes palpable. The World Wide Web unfolds as a global retina tympanic membrane and larynx which enable each to redefine the meanings of 'proximity' and 'point-of-view.' Thus far however our new omni-organ has largely been put into the service of a dim ethos centered on profits property and survival-of-fittest.</p><p>In <i>End of Ignorance</i> we consider another possibility: that the Web might be utilized on behalf of conscious evolution on behalf of 'educare'--to lead out. Until now education on the Web has been framed within the familiar schooling conventions of close-by places times expertise and financing. In this book we attempt to see and speak from a more comprehensive perspective--from the viewpoint of 'noosphere' Pierre Teilard de Chardin's word for encompassing hominizing mind. We pose the question: Can noosphere precipitated as the World Wide Web provide a venue where hominizing-not-mechanical thought might gain systematic nurture by means of not-scarce education?</p><p> 'Yes' is our answer. In <i>End of Ignorance</i> we propose Nooschool as a place where individual authentic interest might be evoked nurtured and refined-to-vocation. We advocate the systematic construction of a globally situated omni-connected curriculum with stewardship protected from proprietary control.