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The author was cited by Newsweek as one of the "fifty people who matter most on the Internet" and is the inventor of RSS/Readers (see US patent 5,167,011) a.k.a. Web 2.0
In 1972 Dr. Priest built on the work of HG Wells (World Brain, 1938) in an RPI dissertation, "The Need and Value of Restructuring Human Communication Systems." Throughout his career he has advanced the state of knowledge systems and created knowledge management systems, in part at the MIT Center for Policy Alternatives. Dr. Priest is currently affilated with the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and his more recent work involves creating learning tools to advance K-12 learning using web-based resources.
As Director of CITS, Dr. Priest has testified before the US Congress and written framework papers for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment on issues of intellectual property, the engineering workforce, and the role of the Federal government in enhancing K-12 education.