I know its often said that people are less apt to follow links than to read a complete post, but I'm going to start occasionally linking to interesting posts, articles, etc. that I find - I think its one of the most useful features of a blog, in that it allows me to draw readers' attention to relevent/interesting information located in other places on the internet. So, I do hope you'll check these links out. And in this case, I don't yet know how to embed a YouTube video, so I couldn't post this video here even if I wanted to do so.
Anyway, this video on a friend's site is quite interesting - it certainly helps to give a more realistic perspective regarding globalization and education, and offers some intriguing statistics in relation to the "information explosion" that is currently occurring worldwide. I'm interested to see if anyone has any comments.
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Jake,
The video was certainly compelling--and scary. Personally, I was bothered (or, saddened) by the one fact that said more than 3000 new books are published daily. That's tough news for people like us who hope to publish one day. Talk about a fierce competition. :-)
I was also struck by the one on how what students are now learning will be outdated by the time they graduate (or, even come close to graduation). I would hope that what is being taught in those situations are principles that do not become outdated when the technology does. I hope the teachers have enough foresight in that regard.
All in all, it was a good video. It certainly gives a lot to think about not only for now but for our immediate future.
DO NOT READ THIS if you don’t want any spoilers about the new movie called, “Shooter”.
Speaking of our Information Age and its accessibility, I attended a sneak preview of the movie Shooter. This movie covers the seasoning and back drop of a gunnery sergeant that has aberrant skills and a talent for veritable accuracy. While serving a clandestine mission in the Middle East, the US government abandons him in wanton style. Our protagonist makes his way back home in an almost thaumaturgic manner and becomes a typical yokel. A federal agency tracks him down and produces an entreaty for his assistance to thwart an assassination plot on the president. The assassination backfires and a foreign delegate is killed. The government then decides to asperse our hero via mass media and persuaded the public that he was the assassin. He then extracts a consociation with a rogue FBI agent to help reveal the set up and the government’s culpable actions. All this being said, our hero had to utilize various tools to gain intelligence info to execute his docket. However, he also had to bestow basic human survival skills in order to obtain his own amnesty. This revealed a truthful contraposition that no matter how far our advances take us, we will always be substratal creatures to a debatable degree.
Overall, a great movie and even more fuel to the fire that some government agencies seek self-entitlement and thus leading us to beget conspiracy theories, whether the degree of verity is strong or dismissible. They movie portrayed government and Fortune 100 companies have one major underlying theme … someone will receive objurgation and take the fall when it all hits the fan.
Thanks for the posts. The movie sounds interesting Jer - I'll have to see it once it is given a wide release.
Carl, I agree that some of the statistics in the video are a little frightening, particularly for someone who has spent many years of their life in school. It is sobering to think how many books are published each day, and it also helps explain why there are so many I want to read, and why I have so little time in which to read them. And you are right - one would hope students are being taught principles that are longer lasting - although I think we both know that this is sadly not always the case.
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