In the Future, Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop

treehugger.com 29 Feb '12, 10pm

In the Future, Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop

The traditional university lecture is a completely anachronistic institution; there is no reason my Ryerson University students couldn't watch my lectures on their computers at home or in a coffee shop. Most do; rarely more than 50% of the class shows up, because they know I post the lectures on the school website. As you can see in the photo above, even the students that show up have their noses in their computers. It is all a silly leftover from the days before books were printed and were too expensive for students, so the lecturer would stand up at the front and read from them. The reason for showing up these days is for, as Gordon notes, to "seek tutoring, network, and socialize."- pretty much a big coffee shop.

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@theanaloggirl » 22 Mar '12, 5am
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@markhgn » 20 Mar '12, 8pm
If we were smart we'd spin-off our Brighton office into a coffee shop we rented desk-space from: [link]
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@notatuna » 08 Mar '12, 1pm
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@trollkitchen » 08 Mar '12, 1pm
In the future, everything will be a coffeeshop. And I have no complaints. [link]
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@rdolorin » 08 Mar '12, 1am
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@BridgetNavoda » 06 Mar '12, 9pm
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@enmiller » 04 Mar '12, 7pm
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@mkshftmag » 01 Mar '12, 3pm
RT @ehooge: Towards a #coffeeshopification of our cities: universities, shops, offices [link] (by @lloydalter) Killing #urbandiversity ?
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Towards a #coffeeshopification of our cities: universities, shops, offices [link] (by @lloydalter) Killing #urbandiversity ?
@esietukeme » 01 Mar '12, 2pm
"In the Future, Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop" by Lloyd Alter #TreeHugger: [link]
@URAsg » 01 Mar '12, 2pm
Coffeeshopification, any one? [link]
@LizBlair4 » 01 Mar '12, 1pm
I hope I'm around for the future because it looks bright [link]
@parkvine » 01 Mar '12, 1pm
via TreeHugger Say goodbye to universities, bookstores, retail stores and offices. According to Steven Gordon of... [link]
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In futuro tutto diventerà un coffeeshop [link] via @TreeHugger
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