Even though there's a huge digital divide in Brazil, as many people use the Internet to gain science knowledge as use museums. And no other source approaches either of those.
If I had to pick one lesson from this morning's session and the afternoon session, it would be that the internet has arrived, and scientists should do a lot more to take advantage of that. The challenge is getting science content into unexpected contexts, so that people who don't know they want to learn about science still encounter some of it now and then.
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The APS March meeting is next week as 10000 physicists invade Portland, Oregon. I hope Powell's bookstore has stocked their science sections well!
Since I sort of implied a series in the previous post, and I have no better ideas, here's a look at Thursday's DAMOP program:
I hope to be blogging this meeting over the course of the next few days. Last STS meeting I attended computer note-taking was completely frowned upon but hopefully this one will be more modern. I'll be talking tomorrow in session 070.
What do you think of Twitter Times, now, Josh?
I hope at some point you can figure out who the friends of friends are and block a few. It is pretty handy, overall.