Friday, August 29, 2008

Influence, where dat come from?

What influences people?
friends/family, school, newspaper, television... and of course the internet. the problem with traditional media (newspaper, TV) is that there is a totally captive audience. if you think what you are learning is bullshit, you only have X channels to turn to, or have only X sources of literature. this is where Internet has flipped education. there is no longer a captive audience. instead of people having to sit and watch shows that are on TV, internet site creators have to continually please their customer.

Another source of education is school. And I think, from my own experience, school is so removed from the application of theory, the system is crumbling in on itself. instead of shoving traditional theory down our throats at college, schools should involve youth in the application/business of the theory from day 1. Had they done this in the Building Construction program at tech, i bet the entire housing crisis could have been averted. Sure, a bit grandiose. But it’s too easily overlooked how youth can bring new ideas into old business. This should be respected. I think this instance is indicative of the downfall of the economy - failure to innovate.

So media needs to adapt to the customer (and is doing so on the internet) and school needs to adapt to business (o-o-o, wait for it, o-on the Internet).

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