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DIARY: October 29, 2001 09:43 PM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Continual learning is future of education.

1...Summary/Objective
.....Climbing Mountains Takes Courage Faith to Discover New Path
.....Cost Benefits No Time to Pilot Test Innovation Loop
.....Faith in Reward Key to Sustaining Effort to Discover Benefits
.....Overkill Easy Excuse Avoid Effort to Harness Power of Knowledge
.....Organic Structure Powerful Beyond Reach Amazing People Give Up
.....Frightening Power of Knowledge Organic Structure Beyond Reach
.....Power of Microcosm Overwhelming Amazing Beyond Reach Overkill
.....New World Order Information Overload Harnessed by Intelligence
.....Power of Microcosm Must be Harnessed or Genie will Cause Harm
.....New Realities New World Order Increase Demand for Intelligence
.....Continual Learning Adding Intelligence Fast Easy Fun
.....Genie Power of Knowledge Continual Learning Intelligence Fun


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SUBJECTS
SDS Supports Education
Education Supported by SDS
Park, Jack Paper on Tools to Strengthen Education Does Not Cite SDS,
Learning SDS Advantages Education
Education Learning Enlightenment Knowledge Wisdom Intelligence Contex
Culture Knowledge Transitions Foraging on Information in Garden of Ed
Education Improved Culture of Knowledge to Invest Information Rather
Education Pilot Test Research SDS Enhances Alphabet Technology, 00101
Future Education Continual Learning SDS Enables Growing New Knowledge
Investing Intellectual Capital Saves Expedites Writing Organizational
SDS Advantages for Education
Future Learning Power of Microcoms, Gilder, Controlling Lower Levels

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3314 -    ..
3315 - Summary/Objective
3316 -
331601 - Follow up ref SDS 35 A581, ref SDS 31 WX5K.
331602 -
331603 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 dated 010918 from Jack Park submitting
331604 - references and discussing the future of education, saying in part....
331605 -
331606 -     One of the most important use cases for OHS/DKR technology resides
331607 -     in the vast expanses of human activity called learning.
331609 -      ..
331610 -     A manuscript Jack reviewed.....
331611 -
331612 -
331613 -                       The Future of Higher Education:
331614 -                     For All Worldwide, a Holistic View
331616 -  ..
331617 -     ....appears intended to be a living document.  Contained in a DKR
331618 -     implemented with NODAL, the document would include version
331619 -     control. ref DRT 1 ER7F
331621 -  ..
331622 - Jack cites a quote from the volume II....
331623 -
331624 -
331625 -      http://ecolecon.missouri.edu/globalresearch/chapters/1-02.html
331626 -
331627 -
331628 - ....by George Gilder....
331629 -
331630 -     "The force of microelectronics will blow apart all the nopolies,
331631 -     hierarchies, pyramids and power grids of established. . . society.
331632 -     ref DRT 1 PS9G
331634 -  ..
331635 - This quote is from page 65 in Gilder's book....
331636 -
331637 -                       Life after Television
331638 -
331639 - ....New York, Norton, 1994  An abstract is available on Gilder's web
331640 - site....
331641 -
331643 -      ..
331644 -     http://www.discovery.org/products/books/lifeAfterTelevision/index.html
331645 -
331647 -  ..
331648 - Gilder's core idea on the power of the microcosm work was reviewed on
331649 - 960519. ref SDS 9 8338
331651 -  ..
331652 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 responding to a letter from Jack Park that
331653 - cites George Gilder on the future of learning.
331655 -  ..
331656 - SDS support for education by adding intelligence to information to
331657 - strengthen literacy by enhancing alphabet technology is explained on
331658 - 010614. ref SDS 35 HD6O
331660 -  ..
331661 - Using SDS is explained on 001219 for continual learning. ref SDS 28
331662 - QT6F
331664 -  ..
331665 - A few weeks ago on 011010 explained that "intelligence" support is
331666 - critical for continual learning, ref SDS 48 PG4K, that aids national
331667 - security and business.
331669 -  ..
331670 - Explain......
331671 -
331672 -     George Gilder makes a larger point, perhaps unintentionally, that
331673 -     gaining control over lower levels of organic structure yields
331674 -     great power, see NWO. ref OF 2 MY6H
331675 -
331676 -     The corollary is that having created powerful technology that
331677 -     compresses time and distance, the human mind has created a world
331678 -     for which it is not well suited, ref DIT 1 AR6H, with the result
331679 -     that enterprise will implode into a morass of bumbling, see NWO,
331680 -     ref OF 2 TQ4O, if we fail to heed Gilder's incite in time, by
331681 -     strengthening basic literacy for a future of continual learning.
331682 -     This means reversing powerful social pressures that suppress
331683 -     literacy following formal education, as explained on 991108.
331684 -     ref SDS 14 7520
331686 -      ..
331687 -     Applying Gilder's rule on the power of the microcosm to "learning"
331688 -     is accomplished by continually overlaying organic structure on
331689 -     daily working information, ref DIT 1 SR7H, that organizes the
331690 -     context of cause and effect relative to objectives, requirements
331691 -     and commitments, as explained on 890523. ref SDS 2 SQ5L
331693 -      ..
331694 -     Inability to maintain alignment in a world of accelerated
331695 -     information, ref DIT 1 PPTX, vastly increases the rate of error
331696 -     due to complexity, noticed by Doug Engelbart in his many writings,
331697 -     see for example on 991222. ref SDS 15 4Q6K
331699 -      ..
331700 -     Doug recognized long ago Jack's point today about the need for
331701 -     continual improvement to raise competency for handling expanding
331702 -     complexity, ref DIT 1 SS8I, noted in the citation of Doug's award
331703 -     last year for the National Medal of Technology, ref DRP 2 018K,
331704 -     reported on 001114. ref SDS 24 SU3L
331706 -      ..
331707 -     We have seen in recent months the fruits of laxity, as the ravages
331708 -     of war and recession ensue, ref DIT 1 GW9I, when a critical mass
331709 -     of too many people having too many problems explodes into loss,
331710 -     conflict, calamity, and despair, reported on 001207, ref SDS 27
331711 -     V54M, and on 010911. ref SDS 43 UP5K
331713 -      ..
331714 -     Jack thoughtfully brings into focus the path for changing this
331715 -     course toward chaos. ref DIT 1 H54F  His letter on 010908 sets out
331716 -     how many of us succumb to the illusion of power by impulsively
331717 -     pressing the "Reply" button in email, because it seems fast and
331718 -     easy to construct cursory, spontaneous correspondence. ref SDS 42
331719 -     YF5O
331721 -      ..
331722 -     However, investing time to organize information, planned by Eugene
331723 -     for the OHS Launch Community, ref DIT 1 1F5L, reported on 010917,
331724 -     ref SDS 46 S44G, goes a long way toward implementing Doug
331725 -     Engelbart's call for a whole new way of working and thinking,
331726 -     reported on 991222. ref SDS 15 3696
331727 -
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3318 -

SUBJECTS
KM Dilemma Lot of Extra Time Needed for Dialog Mapping to I  rease Sp
Time Saved SDS Adds Intelligence to Management Proactive Problem Hand
Dilemma KM Deferred Reward or Immediate Action Dialog or Writing
Dilemma Cost Savings KM Difficult Calculate Civilization Shows
100% Sure Reduces Opportunity to Discover Improvement, 000225, Eric A
New Way Working Thinking SDS Paperless Office Virtual Office
Intelligence Added to Management is Fun and Effective
Cost Benefit Alphabet Communication Illustrated by Civilization
ROI New Tools Limits Investing Extra Effort Requires Faith Courage Un
Overkill Complexity SDS Records Details Management Psychologically Bu
Overwhelming Tendency Bad Management Fools Gold Attractive Fast Easy

5513 -
551401 -      ..
551402 -     Climbing Mountains Takes Courage Faith to Discover New Path
551403 -     Cost Benefits No Time to Pilot Test Innovation Loop
551404 -     Faith in Reward Key to Sustaining Effort to Discover Benefits
551405 -
551406 -     Follow up ref SDS 46 FD5M.
551407 -
551408 -     Starting out on a new way of working is not always a bed of roses.
551409 -     Eric reminded in his letter on 000125, ref DIT 1 NG6G, that
551410 -     connections Eugene will be adding through dialog mapping at first
551411 -     boggle the mind, because people are not used to seeing that level
551412 -     of detail. ref SDS 16 3975  Eugene reports on 010917 that in the
551413 -     beginning, when tools and work practices are being developed and
551414 -     when people are learning to use them, they see a different kind of
551415 -     work product, so it takes extra effort. ref SDS 46 4J4J
551416 -     Sustaining this effort for the period required to discover a new
551417 -     path that returns bigger rewards, takes courage and faith.
551418 -     ref SDS 46 FD5M  Lack of courage and faith creates an innovation
551419 -     loop.
551420 -
551422 -      ..
551423 -     Overkill Easy Excuse Avoid Effort to Harness Power of Knowledge
551424 -     Organic Structure Powerful Beyond Reach Amazing People Give Up
551425 -     Frightening Power of Knowledge Organic Structure Beyond Reach
551426 -     Power of Microcosm Overwhelming Amazing Beyond Reach Overkill
551427 -
551428 -     Architecture of human thought inherently hides most connections
551429 -     that convert information into knowledge, ref OF 1 8536, so when
551430 -     made explicit in order to yield more power, ref OF 1 V57N, the
551431 -     image at first is frightening. ref DIT 1 JH6O
551433 -      ..
551434 -     Eric Armstrong discussed challenges introducing a new kind of work
551435 -     product that enables people to work effectively in a new world
551436 -     order in his compelling letter on 000208. ref SDS 17 2940
551438 -      ..
551439 -     Rather than cite laziness, admitted on 010908, ref SDS 42 YF3I,
551440 -     and rather than cite fear of accountability, explained on 980405,
551441 -     ref SDS 11 5065, rather than admit fear of spending more than 20
551442 -     minutes to learn new tools and methods, reviewed in a prior letter
551443 -     on 010917, ref SDS 46 YC4G, we voice worry about user interface,
551444 -     which "link" to click, color coding for priority and a host of
551445 -     extraneous issues that hamper judicious review and timely action,
551446 -     explained on 000125. ref SDS 16 3975 until we get used to a more
551447 -     powerful form of literacy, explained on 000212. ref SDS 17 2726
551449 -      ..
551450 -     Those who witnessed the first atomic bomb go off were overwhelmed
551451 -     by the power from controlling lower levels of detail in the
551452 -     building blocks of existence. ref DIT 1 S13L
551454 -      ..
551455 -     Seeing all of the detail in Eugene's dialog map earlier today, was
551456 -     pretty eye opening. ref SDS 49 NX6N
551458 -      ..
551459 -     There is a tendency to feel that Eugene's extra effort is amazing,
551460 -     beyond reach, that it would take too much time, that I would never
551461 -     be able to get all that done, ref DIT 1 0E4H  On 890809 writing
551462 -     everything down seemed beyond reach. ref SDS 3 3S6H, because there
551463 -     just isn't enough time to work intelligently, so it is impossible
551464 -     to capture organizational memory. ref SDS 4 SL6J  Eric Armstrong
551465 -     reported on 010916 that SDS is amazing because it obviously works
551466 -     to improve memory. ref SDS 44 8A4H, echoing Jack Park's favorable
551467 -     comments on 001116. ref SDS 25 SN4N
551469 -      ..
551470 -     Overwhelming tendancy to use bad management was cited in an
551471 -     article submitted by Jack Park on 001101. ref SDS 23 4O5K
551473 -      ..
551474 -     This tendency makes it is fast and easy to rationalize, saying....
551475 -
551476 -       1.  takes more than 20 minutes to learn, as reported on....
551477 -
551478 -              890809............................. ref SDS 3 QY6L
551479 -              910911............................. ref SDS 6 5567
551480 -              000921............................. ref SDS 20 AF3L
551481 -           ..
551482 -       2.  user interface makes intelligence hard work....
551483 -
551484 -              010916............................. ref SDS 44 O14M
551485 -           ..
551486 -       3.  overkill, not needed, as reported on....
551487 -
551488 -              890324............................. ref SDS 1 LZ5F
551489 -              950204............................. ref SDS 8 5932
551491 -      ..
551492 -     Reasoning that intelligence is hard work, makes it fast and easy
551493 -     to conclude intelligence is amazing overkill, so there is no need
551494 -     to make the effort, therefore, then press the Reply button in
551495 -     email, as Jack worried on 010908. ref SDS 42 YF5O
551496 -
551497 -
551498 -
551499 -
5515 -

SUBJECTS
New World Order - Information Overload/Highway Implodes Enterprise Co
Care About Productivity Earnings Stock Prices Organization Not Incent
National Security Safety Intelligence Analysis Care About Enough Inve
New Realities New World Order Educate Young and Old New Work Role for
Microcosm Power Increased by Controlling Lower Levels Organic Structu
Continual Learning Harness Power of Microcosm Other Wise Unleashing G
Advertise Teach Com Metrics KM Intelligence Enable Culture of Knowled
Culture of Knowledge Needed to Overcome Common Sense Allure of Foragi

7110 -
711101 -      ..
711102 -     New World Order Information Overload Harnessed by Intelligence
711103 -     Power of Microcosm Must be Harnessed or Genie will Cause Harm
711104 -     New Realities New World Order Increase Demand for Intelligence
711105 -
711106 -     Events on 010911 have helped crystallize new reality that, if
711107 -     Eugene, or somebody, doesn't do the intelligence work that enables
711108 -     a future of continual learning, ref SDS 43 UP5K, by growing new
711109 -     knowledge from connecting the bits and pieces of information in
711110 -     the microcosm of daily life, ref DIT 1 5T4N then we will have a
711111 -     much greater task solving recession and war due to lack of
711112 -     intelligence. see POIMS, ref OF 1 0367, per article on 980815.
711113 -     ref SDS 12 1173
711115 -      ..
711116 -     The fact that it takes more than 20 minutes to learn, and the user
711117 -     interface makes intelligence hard work, is offset by the fact that
711118 -     this work must be done regardless of how hard it is, and SDS makes
711119 -     it much easier to do than by any other means, per analysis on
711120 -     010917. ref SDS 46 I58K, and earlier on 010916. ref SDS 44 P63N
711122 -      ..
711123 -     Many wonder why must intelligence be a special effort now, when
711124 -     before it was good enough to just press the Reply button, just
711125 -     show up for a meeting, or pick up the phone and start talking. Why
711126 -     do we need all this planning, organizing, alignment, summary and
711127 -     feedback in order to get things done?  Who cares, as long as money
711128 -     is coming in? ref DIT 1 BQ5K
711129 -
711131 -      ..
711132 -     Continual Learning Adding Intelligence Fast Easy Fun
711133 -     Genie Power of Knowledge Continual Learning Intelligence Fun
711134 -
711135 -     Clearly, our friends in education have a great contribution to
711136 -     make by advancing Doug Engelbart's call for educating young and
711137 -     old alike about new realities that require a new role, new tools
711138 -     and a new way of thinking about continual learning to meet the
711139 -     exigencies of a new world order. ref DIT 1 NQ6H  Our only choice
711140 -     is to harness the power of the microcosm or be weighed down, as
711141 -     Eric Armstrong reported on 011003. ref SDS 47 EC5N
711142 -
711143 -         [On 011113 Leon Fuerth lectured at GWU on risks from gaining
711144 -         control over lower levels of organic structure. ref SDS 50
711145 -         019O
711147 -      ..
711148 -     Example of growing awareness that IT is inadequate....
711149 -
711150 -        Too many problems..................... 001207, ref SDS 27 V54M
711151 -        National security too many problems... 010911, ref SDS 43 UP5K
711152 -        Too much information overlooked....... 010916, ref SDS 45 KA6H
711153 -        Hopeless quagmire, giving up.......... 011003, ref SDS 47 EC5N
711155 -      ..
711156 -     As in the fable, having unleashed the power of the genie, we must
711157 -     not shrink from the challenge of using it wisely. ref DIT 1 NQ6H
711158 -     Fortunately, experience over many years shows that with a few
711159 -     simple steps, explained on 001219, ref SDS 28 FO5M, we can grow a
711160 -     garden of knowledge that makes learning to use intelligence for
711161 -     keeping up in the 21st century fast, easy and fun, as explained on
711162 -     001004. ref SDS 21 6N9G
711163 -
711164 -         [On 011113 letter on senior people to help educate about need
711165 -         for KM new way of working, new work role. ref SDS 50 FS4F
711167 -          ..
711168 -         [On 011113 same letter education key to advancing KM.
711169 -         ref SDS 50 724M
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7112 -