Comments on: Links for August 27 http://rc3.org/2009/08/27/links-for-august-27/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Wed, 23 May 2012 22:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bryan http://rc3.org/2009/08/27/links-for-august-27/comment-page-1/#comment-6437 Bryan Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:29:44 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9969#comment-6437 <p>Do people even actually know much about anything outside their primary knowledge zone?</p> <p>I submit that most successful knowledge workers (the better ones, anyway) are more curious than the average bear and must continuously reeducate themselves in order to avoid becoming obsolete. This is not a skill the average person is forced to have.</p> <p>How many people get their news from traditional sources (especially TV)? I'd assume those people know next to nothing about most things, and what they <em>DO</em> "know" are mostly falsehoods.</p> Do people even actually know much about anything outside their primary knowledge zone?

I submit that most successful knowledge workers (the better ones, anyway) are more curious than the average bear and must continuously reeducate themselves in order to avoid becoming obsolete. This is not a skill the average person is forced to have.

How many people get their news from traditional sources (especially TV)? I’d assume those people know next to nothing about most things, and what they DO “know” are mostly falsehoods.

]]> By: Jacob Davies http://rc3.org/2009/08/27/links-for-august-27/comment-page-1/#comment-6434 Jacob Davies Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:53:44 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9969#comment-6434 <p>I posted a longer comment on Bruce's site, but he's dead wrong about glass vs plastic pint glasses. It's been done for a long time in some places, it works, and unless you've spent a lot of time getting drunk in rough pubs & clubs in Britain I don't think you can really appreciate the threat of violence or the way that glasses have a unique position as readily-available weaponry there.</p> <p>This scene from Trainspotting is not much of an exaggeration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utN9s_zGCms</p> I posted a longer comment on Bruce’s site, but he’s dead wrong about glass vs plastic pint glasses. It’s been done for a long time in some places, it works, and unless you’ve spent a lot of time getting drunk in rough pubs & clubs in Britain I don’t think you can really appreciate the threat of violence or the way that glasses have a unique position as readily-available weaponry there.

This scene from Trainspotting is not much of an exaggeration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utN9s_zGCms

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