Are Humans Developing as Fast as Computers?
ByThe computer industry has been doubling capacity every few years.
SAT scores for college admissions haven’t improved for 30 years.
If we are concerned about being replaced by technology and robots, what are we doing about it? It is clear we are not competing with developing countries in low cost manufacturing. Therefore we have to take the high road like Germany and create more innovations.
We have the opportunity to still lead with intellectual capital. Business is attempting to gain advantage by investing in collaboration software. Executives know they cannot improve fast enough off their own ideas. They also know the wisdom of tapping the insights of front line personnel.
How creative are we? It may be our most valuable employable asset. It is a law of nature that chaos creates change and a new order. Looking at economics, weather, and politics over the last few years, there seems to be plenty of chaos.
Seth Godin in “Survival is Not Enough” emphasizes we need to embrace change and then build on it. Zoomers are the people who are willing to risk the status quo to try new ideas. It is clear that even a great business is vulnerable to challenge. Great skills are vulnerable to challenge.
If we look at our personal lives, how often do we take things off our plate to allow something new to emerge? Getting use to constant change builds an acceptance to the inevitability of change. I continuously take things off my plate and put new things on it.
I took out TV, cell phones, and addictive news reading to allow for more reading, exercise, relaxation. I am continuously flowing into new arenas that grab my interest. I am developing a wider range of interests and venturing into information that is off my beaten path.
The brain has plasticity that allows learning until we die. When a new skill or discipline is attempted, the brain forms new patterns and grows to accommodate the learning. If computers are doubling each two years and we are stagnant, the outlook for humans becomes minimized.
Read “Survival is Not Enough” by Seth Godin
Read “Outliers, the Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell
Read “Bounce, the Secret of Success” by Matthew Syed
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