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Seymour Papert in a coma after traffic accident

by Ian Bogost December 20, 2006

categories: Educational Games

Seymour Papert, constructionist learning pioneer and inventor of the Logo programming language is in a coma after being struck by a motorcycle in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Boston Globe has a more detailed story. I'm not sure why I haven't seen broader coverage of this story, but I hadn't seen it before.

(via Cindy)