Today I was attending a meeting of NYU’s Research Technology Faculty Advisor Board (FAB) when a slide came up with a quote on it. The quote looked vaguely familiar.<\/p>\n
Soon I learned why. The person presenting the slide explained that it was a quote of something I had said in an earlier FAB meeting.<\/p>\n
The exact quote was: “The high speed research network is the Brick and Mortar of the 21st century.” Apparently I had asserted this during one of our meetings some months earlier, in a moment of gung-ho techno-enthusiasm.<\/p>\n
I only vaguely remembered having said it, but I certainly agree with it. So I’m glad somebody had thought to write it down.<\/p>\n
That said, my thoughts these days tend toward more fundamental shifts in societal focus. Young people today seem less interested in physical constructions than in mental constructions.<\/p>\n
When you look at it that way, the new Brick and Mortar is Rick and Morty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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