Roads, Edges and Us

Written on November 14th, 2009 by syamant

A road that does not see regular maintenance or cleaning , will accumulate mud and dust on the edges which increase over time and thus reduce the space and maneuverability .

Is this an analogy for work, careers and our options perhaps ?

Plus there is an emphasis on specialisation which seeks to take us into the center, but the edges have to be looked at too..

Would like your thoughts..

  • i love this part syamant - the starting point of the edge discovery is individual interests....how they link to opportunities in the future. .

    that's why now is so exciting - the web (ubiquitous info and people) allow for that differentiation.

    iron sharpens iron - yes?
    thank you
  • as more people have an online presence, it would be interesting how interests and learning define a person's identity and break the clutter. can this be taught ?
  • something about those edges - we're never quite sure what to do with them.
    or without them.

    i'm finding myself passionately trying to unbox ed, meaning - making it more about learning than about a particular methodology or a particular set of knowledge content.

    funny thing - the more we escape that box, do we really create more lines, just different ones?

    thanks for sharing syamant.
    thinking in overdrive...
  • to me, learning is an aggregation, over a lifetime , of sometimes unrelated ideas, concepts that may present a solution to a situation in the future. this understanding came to me much later though ..

    in a sense the two words that are primary are future and dynamic, whereas what one learnt in the structured courses was defined and seemed to imply mastery as opposed to being a starting point .

    since structured courses seemed to imply mastery any further inputs moved towards even more specialisation. the person then follows it up in work decisions too and perhaps a centrist safety first approach.

    in a sense the starting point of edge discovery is individual interests and strengths and how they link to opportunities in future. not enough is actually considered until much later.

    monika, your insightful comment made me think about the actual difficulty in applying such thoughts to make education responsive. thank you!

  • Boundary makers http://bit.ly/5m5MPC and Edges http://bit.ly/4iYzje


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  • @monk51295 on the boundary marker post id written something similar http://bit.ly/4iYzje


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  • “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Or as @futurescape puts it, http://bit.ly/4iYzje


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  • @_num interesting… did you mean it in this context http://bit.ly/4iYzje


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  • Is this an analogy for work, careers and our options ? http://bit.ly/4iYzje #in


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  • New post: Roads, Edges and Us (http://cli.gs/Qd2Zy)


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