The Impact of the Internet on Scholarship

David M. Levy, a computer scientist at the
University of Washington, voices his views about
information overload and whether it threatens
the quality of research and teaching in
Knowing When to Log Off. (Chronical
of Higher Education Online, 4/22/2005.)

According to Levy, "We're losing touch with
the contemplative roots of scholarship, the
reflective dimension...When you think that
universities are meant to be in effect the think
tanks for the culture, or at least one of the major
forms of thinking, that strikes me as a very
serious concern."