Comments on: …great talent but not as we know it… http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/ a blog about information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nigel http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28997 Nigel Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:41:18 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comment-28997 Random thought - would be an interesting band, Jerry Garcia (Guitar & Vocals), Stallman (Bass), Linus (Drums) and Raymond (Keyboards) - "Jerry and the Linux Skypers" :-) Random thought – would be an interesting band, Jerry Garcia (Guitar & Vocals), Stallman (Bass), Linus (Drums) and Raymond (Keyboards) – “Jerry and the Linux Skypers” :-)

]]> By: EXCELER8ion - Online recruitment marketing, social media optimization, and interactive advertising http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28057 EXCELER8ion - Online recruitment marketing, social media optimization, and interactive advertising Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:58:54 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comment-28057 [...] Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » …great talent but not as we know it… Barry Schwartz understands our generation and why we feel imprisoned by choice. And he articulates, very well, why we feel that way. Now, slowly, I’m beginning to understand why Generation M is different. They’re impervious to McLuhan, so they don’t (tags: mcluhan generation-M talent recruiting marketing creativity social-media) Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » …great talent but not as we know it… Barry Schwartz understands our generation and why we feel imprisoned by choice. And he articulates, very well, why we feel that way. Now, slowly, I’m beginning to understand why Generation M is different. They’re impervious to McLuhan, so they don’t (tags: mcluhan generation-M talent recruiting marketing creativity social-media) Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Tommi's S60 applications blog http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1/#comment-27756 Tommi's S60 applications blog Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:10:06 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comment-27756 <strong>Are we damaging the fabric of society and creating maladjusted people?</strong> Stuart Carlaw of ABI Research commented Nokia's vision and strategy today: The serious question must be raised whether the 24 hour a day ubiquitously connected online social environment will be one that seriously damages the fabric of society and brin... Are we damaging the fabric of society and creating maladjusted people?

Stuart Carlaw of ABI Research commented Nokia’s vision and strategy today: The serious question must be raised whether the 24 hour a day ubiquitously connected online social environment will be one that seriously damages the fabric of society and brin…

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/comment-page-1/#comment-27257 Stephen Smoliar Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:55:27 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/02/great-talent-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comment-27257 About a year ago, when I had to give deliver a position paper on the future of higher education, I suggested that just about anything that gets taught (or, for that matter learned), regardless of the setting in which the education happens, has a half-life. This was my attempt to deal with the relationship between what we learn and what we use and the extent to which what we do depends on things we learned in the near or distant past. It was in this context that I read JP's comment above: -- And much as I’d like them to, they don’t know who Jerry Garcia was, haven’t heard of Richard Stallman and Eric Raymond or even Linus Torvalds, but they know Linux. They know Skype. They know Open. They know Convenient. They know Simple. And they know Stupid. They know. -- My point is that I really do not give a damn about what the "generation of the bedroom" (or, for that matter, JP) knows TODAY. I am not even concerned about whether or not they possess "employable skills," because I have been around the block enough times to know that those skills have a relatively short half-life. (My guess is that they tend to be longer than the popularity of, say, Brittany Spears, but shorter than just about anything else!) Unfortunately, I seem to be in a rather small minority when it comes to believing that viewing education through this lens of half-life matters. Now I agree that there is probably considerable diversity of opinion over what knowledge and skills have enduring half-life, at least once we get beyond the basics of reading and writing (which may, themselves, be in jeopardy from too heady a blend of Generation M and Web 2.0 thinking). After all, even basic arithmetic seems to have fallen off under the assumption that technology is always there to do it for us. However, I have a candidate for one precept that I HOPE has a half-life that can be measured in millenia, rather than days: ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. This is a lesson that CAN be learned in the bedroom (although not necessarily in the way that Sacase had in mind); but I suspect that the prevailing culture is inhibiting such education. As Vonnegut put it, so it goes. About a year ago, when I had to give deliver a position paper on the future of higher education, I suggested that just about anything that gets taught (or, for that matter learned), regardless of the setting in which the education happens, has a half-life. This was my attempt to deal with the relationship between what we learn and what we use and the extent to which what we do depends on things we learned in the near or distant past. It was in this context that I read JP’s comment above:
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And much as I’d like them to, they don’t know who Jerry Garcia was, haven’t heard of Richard Stallman and Eric Raymond or even Linus Torvalds, but they know Linux. They know Skype. They know Open. They know Convenient. They know Simple. And they know Stupid.

They know.
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My point is that I really do not give a damn about what the “generation of the bedroom” (or, for that matter, JP) knows TODAY. I am not even concerned about whether or not they possess “employable skills,” because I have been around the block enough times to know that those skills have a relatively short half-life. (My guess is that they tend to be longer than the popularity of, say, Brittany Spears, but shorter than just about anything else!) Unfortunately, I seem to be in a rather small minority when it comes to believing that viewing education through this lens of half-life matters.

Now I agree that there is probably considerable diversity of opinion over what knowledge and skills have enduring half-life, at least once we get beyond the basics of reading and writing (which may, themselves, be in jeopardy from too heady a blend of Generation M and Web 2.0 thinking). After all, even basic arithmetic seems to have fallen off under the assumption that technology is always there to do it for us. However, I have a candidate for one precept that I HOPE has a half-life that can be measured in millenia, rather than days: ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. This is a lesson that CAN be learned in the bedroom (although not necessarily in the way that Sacase had in mind); but I suspect that the prevailing culture is inhibiting such education.

As Vonnegut put it, so it goes.

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