Re: Knowledge is manufactured?

Subject: Re: Knowledge is manufactured?
From: "Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:38:11 +0530

ummmm, not really....

Knowledge is assimilated information. If you read something and can't figure
out what the heck it is about, that's not knowledge, although some
businesses may call it so (in cricket they have something they call an
abdomen guard...).

Assimilating information is like digesting food. You can't do it for
somebody else... and....

Edwin



> Lessons there for those willing to learn from them. If we hope to
> succeed in the workplace, we really do need to create something new
> ("manufacture knowledge", if you prefer), not merely digest knowledge
> and pass it along.
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References:
Knowledge is manufactured?: From: Dan Goldstein
Knowledge is manufactured?: From: Geoff Hart

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