Monday, September 7, 2009

Accessible Experts: Dennis Lembree Talks About Accessible Twitter | Even Grounds

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Most of us have done something wrong, even if we knew it, because everyone else was doing it. And it didn't matter if it was wrong or not because it was generally accepted. And sometimes the "right" way was either unproven, unknown or just "no fun". And we didn't care. Like smoking in the mid twentieth century—the public thought it was the right thing to do; it was accepted and very popular. And some even said smoking was good for you! But of course now we know smoking is very bad for your health.

Let's take another example. Centuries ago, it was believed that the earth existed at the center of the universe. This was a widely known "fact"; everyone lived by this rule. And now we know this, of course, not to be true.

Today's Web is Wrong

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