I am holding two. I have been tired of holding them. Can I let go? Frankly I have let go long ago and do not even know what holding them really meant. Some cost a lot too. Mine fortunately did not back in the day.
Today people pay a lot to get one and to hold one. Some go beyond earning one by merely fabricating one or two. Even the glitziest of CEOs were found lacking - in that they were not holding on to anything and assumed they would have a smooth flight. When the turbulence did hit they were left with no lifeline - of sorts.
They did have a backup parachute in some cases and have since landed and dusted off and gone off to make gobs of money that they felt entitled to.
Again the correlation here is holding degrees to earning money. Money indeed is the life blood of today's dysfunction but hey you need ammo to fight the fight.
Degrees also come with degrees of credibility. Some from well known institutions cost a lot in tuitions as your intuition would suggest. That may or may not translate into much if you drop out in the middle. Sometimes dropping out and not holding any degree does work for some outliers. Some are outright liars as we have seen earlier. As indicated its a matter of degree.
The planet is full of dolts that boast impressive degrees or credentials. These folk continue to head positions in organizations with fancy titles so they have more holding on to do. For said holding they get to manage a lot of paper pushing. They hire people who to a lesser degree can manage their own paper and provide appearance of a well run organization.
Sometimes these turn out to be false papers with false signatures and senate hearings and bailouts and then the deck of cards collapses. So perhaps its time we visited the no holds barred method of education which will emphasize that holding is passe and we should really focus on thinking.
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
Hold it, am I right in thinking that we are sinking like a stone, or is it that it is happening by degrees?
ReplyDeleteIf the educational iceberg is Zero Degrees then we are sinking like the Titanic
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