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Guess the year! There are some hints in there. "We must teach people not to think of technology as an authority figure. Without mathematical understanding people of the twenty-first century will be victims of computer mysticism". Bruh, math educators failed so hard at this... 😭

Love that guess! Alas, not Sagan, and much later. Although I'd be shocked if he hadn't made these points by then. Sagan is always a good guess for insights that turned out to be spot on.

From 2000, in "Perspectives on Mathematics Education" by Stephen S. Willoughby, a past president of @nctm.org

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