Herb Brody (b. 1957) is a senior editor at Technology Review and co-creator of the Technology Review Web site. Previously he was a writer and editor at the magazines PC/Computing, High Technology (since renamed High Technology Business), and Laser Focus. This article appeared in 1996 in Technology Review, a magazine published by the MIT Alumni Association for a national audience interested in technology and society.
1. According to Brody, what are the relative advantages and disadvantages for scientific research of e-mail, Usenet newsgroups, and the Web? If you have experience with any of these media, how do your impressions compare with Brody's analysis?
2. From this article, to what extent do information technologies seem to be changing the way that scientists work? How does Brody seem to feel about the tension between competition and collaboration or sharing of knowledge among scientists, and how can you tell?
3. To what extent do you think the general public or other people benefit from the ways, according to this article, that researchers are using electronic media? How do you feel about "reputable scientists" abandoning Usenet science newsgroups when they become "a forum for students seeking homework help" (¶ 14)?
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