what would socrates say?

It has become common today to dismiss the idea that maybe technology is affecting our learning experience. In the article “What Would Socrates Say?” author Peter W. Cookson Jr. explains this idea, along with introducing the thought that technology has become priority and the world that is suffering forgotten. Cookson writes, “As the challenges facing the globe become increasingly complex, our frames of reference must be flexible, expansive, and adaptive.” What I feel Cookson is saying is that we can working together can make more of a difference in the world, then just waiting for some “supernatural event” to occur to save us. With that Cookson talks about “Collective Intelligence” stating that “Many people believe that education is a personal rather than a collective possession. Echoing our culture of possessive individualism, education has taken on the role of dispensing “cultural capital” to individuals on the basis of merit system that is a camouflaged proxy for social class and social position.” Individualism is keeping us from the world, and yet we have technology to keep us up to date WITH the world around us. Cook explains how knowledge is social, and “teamwork” is really the ability and willingness to come together to help solve problems.