I’ve just finished reading this rather lengthy, but engaging read by Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat. I have always enjoyed his writing – when living in the middle east, his ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’ help explain the what I was seeing in the local culture. It even, to some degree, inspired me to take a trip to Jerusalem in 2004.
Friedman’s writing style is easy to read and peppered with examples that help you follow the development of his argument. I’ve listed a few things that I’ve taken about education.
The right stuff: education
- Which class do I take to learn how to learn
- Navigation (filtering web info)
- CQ+PQ>IQ (passion & curiosity)
- Stressing liberal arts (making connections between history, art, politics and science)
- Right brain
Skills for the new middle:
- Collaborator
- Leverager
- Adapter
- Explainer
- Synthesizer
- Model builder
- Localiser
- Personaliser
