On Friday, January 16, 2015 10:47pm, "kirby urner" <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> said: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: > >> Can you suggest your student watch this video? >> http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-drive >> >> It is Dan Pink's _The Surprising Truth About what Motivates Us_ >> >> After he or she has done so, I have this added bit. >> >> > A very worthwhile read. I have continued corresponding with this student > and will share a link to this post. > > What's interesting in the cartoon / animation is where we start seeing > shafts of light and here people just wanna be good (at something). > > That looks a lot like the religion model i.e. religion better answers these > needs than businesses.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that. As soon as the video started talking about trained professionals working 20-30 hours a week outside of their jobs, without pay, for a purpose, it reminded me of all my friends who are lay leaders in my church. These people are engineers, doctors, lawyers, pharmaceutical researchers, etc. and they put in 20+ hours per week in free service to others. Something powerful is motivating them. > > But then immediately we have to ask: what's the difference (between > religion and business -- both involve branding for example). > > In a way it's just our mental categories that get in the way. "We" > (amorphous we) approach the world with messy namespaces. We are all human beings with a lot in common. > > As I posted to a physics list recently: > > "The best religions are yet to come." >> >> >> This saying pisses everyone off because: >> >> (a) half the people sing "Imagine there's no religion" and imagine they >> know what they mean by that Thank you Kirby for having the courage to bring up the "R" word in this space, not as a curse word nor as an insult. I'm getting a bit tired of "that's a religious argument" being used as the ultimate put-down, meaning "that's an irrational argument". It gets old. >> >> and >> >> (b) the other half can't imagine "new religions" in the pipeline, still >> set to make their debut... As a committed Christian I am not offended by people who express religious beliefs different from mine, even if they are "new religions". Rather, I tend to empathize with, and understand, people who are sincere. >> >> ... but I assure you're they're there. >> >> A lot of religions come with excellent science. Belief in God? Not >> always a feature. A lot of great scientists (Newton, Mendel, Kelvin, etc.) were religious. Several of my friends in church are working scientists. Religion is not synonymous with irrationality. >> > > > Kirby > @npym_it > @thekirbster > @psf_snake > > > Python: Just Use It. > David H _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
