This is just stupid.

(This is a good images that pertains to this topic of chaining everybody to the lowest common denominator.) I have been thinking about buying the Kindle reading device by Amazon for some time now. The only thing that is holding me back is the fact that there are some issues that need to be worked out with this technology. Well it looks like some universities have decided to test the Kindle. This is paving the way for the future as electronic readers are the future of reading and will largely replace printed media and could help reduce the cost of college textbooks.

These Universities can not pave the way to the future because the technology can not currently be used by the blind,

Three universities testing Amazon's Kindle in the classroom have agreed to shelve the electronic book readers until they are fully functional for blind students, under a deal struck Wednesday with the Justice Department.[...]Two organizations representing the blind had sued after universities announced a pilot program to use the Kindle in classrooms.

Officials say the version of the Kindle being used in the pilot program has a text-to-speech function, but the device's menu does not, so it is impossible for blind students to navigate through different electronic books or within an electronic book.

The agreement takes effect as soon as the spring semester ends -- giving the schools time to finish the pilot project with the Kindles, but preventing them from continuing or expanding their use until the blind and visually impaired can use them as easily as students who can see.

The agreement covers other similar electronic book readers, including those made by Sony and bookseller Barnes & Noble.

'Advancing technology is systematically changing the way universities approach education, but we must be sure that emerging technologies offer individuals with disabilities the same opportunities as other students,' Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez said in a statement. "These agreements underscore the importance of full and equal educational opportunities for everyone.'

Talk about chaining everybody to the lowest common denominator and using the banner of non discrimanition to hold the advancement of everybody back--in other words, a throwback to the primitive. This is preventing the advancement of everybody to include the blind. This is the age we live in. To read more about this topic one should read the article 'Multicultural Nihilism' by Peter Schwartz that is in the book "Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution" by Ayn Rand.