I misunderstood the technology, and the consequences are devastating for me personally

Here’s a quote for you:

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… I’ve decided to hang up my blogging hat. I was a fool, and I didn’t anticipate how this kind of thing could happen. As many of our readers and my students know, I’m opinionated and willing to push boundaries. This is what I think is the role of a professor, and blogging allowed me to do it in an informal and diverse manner. But I misunderstood the technology, and the consequences are devastating for me personally.

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– Time to go, Todd Henderson, Professor of Law, University of Chicago

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If a distinguished law professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the world doesn’t understand “the technology,” that’s probably indicative that most others don’t either.

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Yet another reason why we should be educating our students on how to do this social media stuff rather than just blocking it…

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