Mar 20 2012: Looking at the numbers, if we double our natural gas consumption, we should be out in 20 years. Is it worth changing all the infrastructure for such a short-term project?
Mar 20 2012: Starting with fleets looks easier, but it failed for hybrids. When the Prius came out, people bought them and proved them, while taxi companies did not. Now taxis run prius a lot. Make it easy for folks to convert their cars, bring down the price of home fueling stations, and you will develop a groundswell and a movement. Then the fleets will be interested in change.
Nov 16 2011: What would happen if your goals changed from helping kids to become kind, caring and humble to helping kids become successful parents? No matter how nice or wonderful or even rich a kid becomes as an adult, if it is not passed on, it is lost.
Nov 16 2011: There should be more, though, beyond the five.
1. Remember that people lie surprisingly often.
2. You do NOT need to call them on it. (usually)
3. Don't waste money, time, property, friendships, etc.
4. Be flexible, change directions, but only when necessary.
5. Manners are important, especially when rare.
Nov 2 2011: Agreed. Took plenty of calculus in college, rarely do I find the need to divide in life. But finances and particularly the tremendous importance of money, never taught, sorely needed.
Nov 1 2011: Classically, text was seen as inferior to oration. The truth came in oration, and we recorded text as an imperfect monument to the oration.
In such a world, visuals became meaningless. People wrote without the presence of a chalkboard, mostly. Now we use whiteboards and chalkboards all the time, and power point, and document cameras and projectors, so I think we are moving in the direction Sunni visualizes. Chalkboards gave way to whiteboards. Spreadsheets gave way to powerpoint. The party game of dictionary gave way to the party game of pictionary.
I think the conversation could be titled "Visual literacy is coming. How can we prepare?"
Nov 1 2011: Schools discourage what is needed in many ways. For example, nearly everything a school calls cheating is an essential skill in business. Such a paradox, then, should not surprise us, but that is a different topic.
Back to your point about the value of sketches, you are right on. A lot of businesses start that way. Many others, though, start with a few sentences, which form an outline. All projects, business or otherwise, start out with an overview, then get into the details. If you sketch a construction project, that will eventually become a blueprint before a shovel hits the dirt.
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1. Remember that people lie surprisingly often.
2. You do NOT need to call them on it. (usually)
3. Don't waste money, time, property, friendships, etc.
4. Be flexible, change directions, but only when necessary.
5. Manners are important, especially when rare.
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2. People you admire.
3. Why you admire them.
4. No one is created equal.
5. You must help others.
(Your own successes are automatically instilled. Don't worry about teaching them.)
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In such a world, visuals became meaningless. People wrote without the presence of a chalkboard, mostly. Now we use whiteboards and chalkboards all the time, and power point, and document cameras and projectors, so I think we are moving in the direction Sunni visualizes. Chalkboards gave way to whiteboards. Spreadsheets gave way to powerpoint. The party game of dictionary gave way to the party game of pictionary.
I think the conversation could be titled "Visual literacy is coming. How can we prepare?"
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Back to your point about the value of sketches, you are right on. A lot of businesses start that way. Many others, though, start with a few sentences, which form an outline. All projects, business or otherwise, start out with an overview, then get into the details. If you sketch a construction project, that will eventually become a blueprint before a shovel hits the dirt.