Something he said that afternoon has stayed with me ever since. Change comes hardest to those with the deepest traditions. Let's accept that bit of wisdom. I believe this is so, and I see it every day. But change of this magnitude is not unprecedented.
New technology demands new responses.
When Plato considered the book, he realized it meant, ultimately, the demise of the academy as he knew it. But it will change. The advent of the mass-produced book in 1500 did not end the schools then in existence. Modern universities owe their growth, their importance and their phenomenal staying power to their willingness to embrace this new technology, and to grow and develop with it. But now we are confronted with a new educational paradigm, one that is not yet fully explored or understood.