When and should we take credit for this new generation of learners and thinkers and doers?

One more thought before I do something actually productive. Like homework, housework, and cutting the lawn.

What is it about our world and our past and the progress we've made toward more and better information, expanded bases and dispersion of knowledge, better tools, and more connected communities - that might have somehow seeped into the instructional design and teaching communities that could have had a profound effect on our upcoming generations...

How do we keep up with this monster we've created? Is there a parallel to Moore's law for technology in the world of human learning? Are we accelerating and pushing boundaries of how we learn, what we can learn, how we share it... that either pushes the envelope or struggles to stay ahead of the wave? Can research and scholarly activities keep up if the pace of the formal methods and peer review processes lags and does not follow suit?

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