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> thinking [...] really is the fundamental value-producing activity in knowledge work I don't think that's quite right, for most kinds of knowledge work. Thin
by dllthomas 8y ago
> thinking [...] really is the fundamental value-producing activity in knowledge work
I don't think that's quite right, for most kinds of knowledge work. Thinking is an important component, but I think observing and communicating are also part of it (with the particular mix varying greatly), and email ties into those.
Which isn't to say the thesis is completely off-base, by any means.
- Nasrudith 8y agoYeah - ironically respected Greek philosphers who insisted upon purity of thought as a virtue have shown that literally pure thinking on its own is ironically useless without a reference to reality given the believed absurdities from refusing to validate against reality. But that is more of an indictment of purity as a notion being inherently good. Mathematics for instance is "pure thinking" in that any system may be described mathematically doesn't mean your model neccessarily matches or is remotely reasonable beyond mathematical consistency. Combine it with the real world and it certainly isn't debased but enhanced as weird new phenomena can give rise to new theory that encompasses them.