"And it should be." Draco had pulled himself together a bit as he put down his teacup, recovering fast at least on the surface; if either Hermione or Minerva was watching his hands and not his face they might notice he was tracing runes on the tabletop.
"Especially because of what's going on in the Muggle world right now. My next pitch was to be to Hogwarts itself. Because there's a lot going on in the Muggle world right now, especially around education, knowledge, and building structures to share it. And while some of it is plainly ridiculous, like an encyclopaedia literally anyone can edit including me, the ways they have to share knowledge and to teach are sometimes things we haven't thought of in a thousand years and sometimes things we simply can't do without Muggle help."
He smiled, his words spoken officially to Minerva but meant as much for the looming presence he could feel. "For almost a thousand years Hogwarts has been the best physical place for learning based on what the Heads and Hogwarts itself can come up with. But the Muggle world is getting to the point where Hogwarts itself can learn from it, from both the successes and the mistakes. And there's now an actual challenge to staying the best building for learning in the world."
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Date: 2017-09-11 08:15 pm (UTC)"Especially because of what's going on in the Muggle world right now. My next pitch was to be to Hogwarts itself. Because there's a lot going on in the Muggle world right now, especially around education, knowledge, and building structures to share it. And while some of it is plainly ridiculous, like an encyclopaedia literally anyone can edit including me, the ways they have to share knowledge and to teach are sometimes things we haven't thought of in a thousand years and sometimes things we simply can't do without Muggle help."
He smiled, his words spoken officially to Minerva but meant as much for the looming presence he could feel. "For almost a thousand years Hogwarts has been the best physical place for learning based on what the Heads and Hogwarts itself can come up with. But the Muggle world is getting to the point where Hogwarts itself can learn from it, from both the successes and the mistakes. And there's now an actual challenge to staying the best building for learning in the world."