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If knowledge comes from application does this shift mean that knowledge gets off shored as Nirmalya suggests?

The premise is that knowledge comes from application and that if it cannot be applied it is not knowledge.

The usual answer is that the 1st world countries become service providers. To me this does not wash for the reasons that Nirmalya states.

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    peter lindsay 30+

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    Jun 26 2012: Maybe not off-shored but certainly out-sourced. It never ceases to amaze me the number of adult humans who call in a professional for everything. My pet hate is seeing people on the side of the road waiting for some one to come and change a flat tyre for them. Although some is definitely going off-shore, it seems like half of India works in IT these days. If India and Pakistan went to war who would answer your call when your internet went down? Modern society would be crippled.
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      pat gilbert 50+

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      Jun 26 2012: Then why not offshored? Does it matter?
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        Jun 26 2012: I don't mean that one is better than the other, I just observe more out-sourcing of knowledge, ie most people seem to have lost the ability to do the simplest things, they rely on a "professional" to do things that are within their capabilities but they out-source anyway. I just worry that the inability to solve even simple problems themselves, will come back and bight us one day. For example it amazes me the number of people who are prepared to drive around in a car and have no idea how it functions. I'm sure road accidents occur because drivers are so unaware of the workings of a car they don't recognise potential failures. No one seems willing to "have a go" anymore.
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          pat gilbert 50+

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          Jun 26 2012: I understood the first time.

          Then why not offshored? Does it matter?
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        peter lindsay 30+

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        Jun 26 2012: Neither would be my preference. But as long as communications tech continues to improve I guess it doesn't matter where the knowledge is as long as you can access it when needed. On a personal level I just like to know stuff and I guess I find it hard to understand people who are willing to rely so much on others. Maybe I have trust issues?

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