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Uploaded on Aug 5, 2009

Mike Wesch, a 2009 National Geographic Emerging Explorer, talks about the future of communication and education, and describes the inspiration behind—and breakthrough success of—his wildly popular video Web 2.0 The Machine is Us/ing Us.

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  • gojkob99

    damn ads, comeon yyoutube get rid of this shit

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  • emmelawrence

    Fantastic presentation........This is by far the most interesting video I've seen in weeks; to know that universities are finally starting to catch up to the real world, and truly capture students attention is wonderful. If this trend continues, we can expect an exponential increase in the amount of human knowledge, along with an exponential increase in graduation rates (more incentive to pay attention).

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  • Nicki Shinn

    Get Adblock Plus (the one that looks like a stop sign, but has ABP on it) on Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox (does not work on Internet Explorer).

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    in reply to gojkob99 (Show the comment)
  • Chuck Peaslee

    Derp. They can't.

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  • trike080

    wow wat a fag

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  • av3nger3

    This shit is stuff we already know, don't hoist his guy on stage and call him a saint.

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  • AverageJoe8096

    You are 100% correct. But I don't see change of organizing education.

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  • Jonathan Todorov

    this video makes me so horny.

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  • LithuanianLabas

    ...What is with this new interactive commercial/advertisement thing?

    Stupid old media...Your dead, stop trying!

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