Comments on: The Conceptual Age http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/01/22/the-conceptual-age/ Bill Costello’s analysis of current events. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aaron http://makingmindsmatter.com/2010/01/22/the-conceptual-age/#comment-167 Aaron Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:04:27 +0000 http://makingmindsmatter.com/?p=1237#comment-167 I don't know about this one. I suppose it depends on how dilligent these right brainers are in cultivating their logical/scientific/math skills. I'm sure right-brainers will excel, as they always have, at designing the front ends of things - the art, the cases, the presentation, ect. But without the logical/scientific/math skills, how are they going to produce the functional back-end of any of this new technology? How exactly are we going to move beyond industrial age concerns without ubiquitous automation and machine design removing that whole level of maslow's heirarchy from most people's scope of concern? How are you going to do that without at least some people, probably a lot of people, understanding the brass-tacks world of science and engineering? I don’t know about this one. I suppose it depends on how dilligent these right brainers are in cultivating their logical/scientific/math skills. I’m sure right-brainers will excel, as they always have, at designing the front ends of things – the art, the cases, the presentation, ect. But without the logical/scientific/math skills, how are they going to produce the functional back-end of any of this new technology?

How exactly are we going to move beyond industrial age concerns without ubiquitous automation and machine design removing that whole level of maslow’s heirarchy from most people’s scope of concern? How are you going to do that without at least some people, probably a lot of people, understanding the brass-tacks world of science and engineering?

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