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DIARY: February 1, 2001 01:42 PM Thursday; Rod Welch

Eugene Kim submits article on technology aiding literacy in China.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Culture of Knowledge Advances IT to Improve Earnings, Stocks Prices


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SUBJECTS
Links Provided in KM Work Product Visible with Purple Numbers
China Computers Reduce Skill Experience Use of Traditional Chinease W
Culture Resists Change Hughes Used Women Liquor for Fantastic Social
Culture Shock Technology Changes Faster than People Can Absorb Change
Culture Knowledge Transitions from IT Foraging on Information to Inve
Forage Meetings Discussions Email No Time to Invest
Culture of Knowledge Transition from Information Culture
Culture Knowledge Resisted Mysterious Black Box Requires Transition
Culture Knowledge from Information Change Takes Courage Leadership

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1512 - Summary/Objective
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151301 - Follow up ref SDS 80 0000, ref SDS 68 0000.
151302 -
151303 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Eugene Kim who cites an article....
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151305 -
151306 -         http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/02/01/technology/01LOST.html
151307 -
151308 -
151309 - ...and says about the article....
151310 -
151311 -     This piece describes how people in China are forgetting how to
151312 -     write Chinese characters because of word processors.  It talks
151313 -     about how the pen replacing the calligraphy brush at the turn of
151314 -     the century raised similar concerns.  It also explores the
151315 -     relationship between reading and writing. Altogether, I found this
151316 -     to be one of the more interesting articles I've read in a while.
151317 -
151318 - Reading and writing are generally called literacy.  This practice was
151319 - reviewed on 991108 in connection with the Legend of Prometheus, which
151320 - is part of Greek mythology on the responsibility of knowledge.
151321 - ref SDS 14 5810  Alphabet technology was identified as the foundation
151322 - civilization, ref SDS 14 5628, under a theory of the....
151323 -
151324 -
151325 -                        alphabetic mind
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151328 - Was unable to open the article without entering registration
151329 - information, which is not part of our practice.
151330 -
151331 -
151332 -  ..
151333 - Culture of Knowledge Advances IT to Improve Earnings, Stocks Prices
151334 -
151335 - Challenges in China moving from pictures to IT, reflect difficulty in
151336 - the west moving from IT to a culture of knowledge.
151337 -
151338 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Eugene, and to the DKR team, citing the
151339 - record on 991108 showing alignment with Eugene's appreciation of
151340 - reading and writing.
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151342 -    1.  Cited cultural forces that impede literacy, showing further
151343 -        alignment with Eugene's anaysis. ref SDS 14 7520
151344 -        ..
151345 -    2.  Eugene's leadership in KM work reported yesterday,
151346 -        010131, developing OHS requirements, ref SDS 80 XW9N, helps
151347 -        foster a culture of knowledge, ref DIT 1 1Z6O, particularly
151348 -        providing new tools. ref SDS 80 XZ8G, citing a culture of
151349 -        knowledge. ref SDS 80 T14I, proposed in the letter, ref DIP 1
151350 -        0001, to SRI on 001011. ref SDS 46 0001
151351 -
151352 -            [On 010313 feedback supports culture of knowledge.
151353 -            ref SDS 82 U59G
151354 -
151355 -        Culture of knowledge advanced by Eugene's work, and by Jack,
151356 -        Eric and others on the team, enables KM to take root and
151357 -        strengthen the tradition of literacy that has enabled
151358 -        civilization to flourish, ref DIT 1 KB4F, hopefully in time to
151359 -        arrest recent economic decline brought on by an epidemic of
151360 -        bumbling characterized in an article on 001207 as "too many
151361 -        people having too many problems," reported on 001207.
151362 -        ref SDS 73 V54M
151363 -
151364 -        Cited the record of pandemic bumbling in medical practice,
151365 -        ref DIT 1 4Q5K, reported on 000912. ref SDS 11 0001
151366 -        ..
151367 -    3.  Ask how Eugene's specs for OHS reported on 010131,
151368 -        ref DIT 1 S28H, compare to specs Eric Armstrong submitted on
151369 -        000614, ref SDS 33 0782, per analysis yesterday. ref SDS 80
151370 -        M33O
151371 -
151372 -        Since CDS was adopted by the OHS team on 000615 during a
151373 -        meeting at SRI, ref SDS 34 5880, as the OHS specs, ask today,
151374 -        if Eugene's submission today modifies the prior work?
151375 -        ref DIT 1 Z68N
151376 -
151377 -            [On 010205 Eugene asks for input from others on this point,
151378 -            and offers some comparisons. ref SDS 81 0001
151379 -        ..
151380 -        Ask if review of Eric's specs which Eugene reported on
151381 -        001015, ref SDS 48 RI9J, would be submitted to the team for
151382 -        wider comment on 001130, ref DIT 1 YG9L, per the record
151383 -        yesterday. ref SDS 80 KG4N
151384 -
151385 -        Ask if anything has been added or deleted from Eric's specs in
151386 -        Eugene's new submission?
151387 -        ..
151388 -    4.  Eugene's important work on 001126 recommending that
151389 -        people learn KM by doing IT, ref SDS 68 QW8I, with greater
151390 -        diligence, ref DIT 1 RR6J, is aided by the anchors with purple
151391 -        numbers that Eugene provided in OHS requirements reported on
151392 -        010131. ref SDS 80 MM9M  Aligns with Doug Engelbart's request
151393 -        on 001025 for the team to use anchors in project
151394 -        correspondence. ref SDS 51 00VU
151395 -
151396 -        Providing anchors in correspondence and project specs, and
151397 -        providing new tools provides technology that gives diligence a
151398 -        boost by making review faster and easier, under analysis
151399 -        yesterday. ref SDS 80 QM4J
151400 -
151401 -        Moving from IT to KM will advance Doug's goal to strengthen
151402 -        competence, ref DIT 1 YR3K, reported on 001114. ref SDS 59 SU3L
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