The short answer is: avoid becoming a machine or being easily replaceable by one. The more blabbered explanation lies in the following statements.
If the task you are currently working on can simply be mapped out onto a probability tree of actions and outcomes, then sooner [...]
An idea that is timely for exploiting the convergence of disciplines of knowledge and synthesizing and making information more relevant to addressing the grand challenges facing humanity.
Here is an interesting statistics about the unemployment rate for workers with different educational background. As of November 2008, the rate among workers with:
College degree or higher: 3.1 %
Without a high school diploma: 10.5 %
(National average: 6.7 %)
If one is asked to name a hobby, an assortment of physical activities and creative expression is usually listed. One may say I enjoy playing a sport A, B, or C. Another may have inclination more towards absorbing knowledge in all its forms; a time spent by reading and reading passionately. There are those that [...]
Why blog at all? That is a fair question to ask. A detailed discussion on the social implications and the meaning of blogging is not the intention of this post. It is rather a reflection on the consequence of active blogging in the patterns of information consumption. In a previous post, I have discussed the concept of Null [...]
In the two previous posts here and here, we saw that the brain development of kids from low socioeconomic background significantly lags behind that of those from rich background and that a relatively large portions of the world remain underdevelopment (measuring by the visibility of city lights at night), respectively. It is striking to me how [...]
