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Wintermute  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stephen Fry's Blog post on Social Media.

    They couldn’t force me to have an online presence after all.

I wonder where he gets this idea... Both the Comp. Sci. and Engineering schools at my university require that all students have a laptop capable of running software related to the coursework (financial aid is available specifically to help meet this requirement). The university also supplies plenty of computer labs. If I insisted on turning in all assignments on paper, I would be laughed at and given failing grades until I was kicked out of school.

The modern world absolutely can and will force you to have an online presence.