{"id":11105,"date":"2010-01-31T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T00:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=11105"},"modified":"2012-02-05T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T18:16:33","slug":"ipad-observation-6-we-are-all-in-the-gutter-but-some-of-us-are-looking-at-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11105\/ipad-observation-6-we-are-all-in-the-gutter-but-some-of-us-are-looking-at-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad observation #6: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Wilde said that, the best kind of philosophy — bonum, verum, pulchrum<\/em> — the good, the true and the beautiful.<\/p>\n

I don’t hate it that we are monkeys biologically, genetically. But I hate it when people act like monkeys. Despite everything else that is going on, last week we caught a glimpse of the fully-human life. The prospect for an iPad-like device to take over education is cause enough to celebrate.<\/p>\n

To the unchained human mind!<\/p>\n

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Oscar Wilde said that, the best kind of philosophy — bonum, verum, pulchrum — the good, the true and the beautiful. I don’t hate it that we are monkeys biologically, genetically. But I hate it when people act like monkeys. 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