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Interesting point about information not being the same commodity is was 50 years ago. It actually seems like information is an even more valuable commodity than
by thematt 16y ago
Interesting point about information not being the same commodity is was 50 years ago. It actually seems like information is an even more valuable commodity than it was back then. We seem to be turning into an information based economy where the low level skills that people might learn in high school are quickly becoming irrelevant in today's highly automated, computerized society.
- bad_user 16y agoThere's a difference between knowing a list of facts, and being able to apply it. Information nowadays is cheap. A quick search can reveal almost any fact you want. Analyzing a problem given the information available, processing it, creating stuff based on that information: that's the stuff that still can't be automated yet. That said, I think high school curriculum in general is fine. It's the universities that need an overhaul.