This is utterly compelling stuff - not because this is the last word on the topic (it can't possibly be) but because the notion of reimagining what the survival skills for being human today is of great interest to me. And, I imagine, for the rest of the species, whether they realise it or not. Especially see #7, which will become literally vital as and when Peak Oil and related phenomena hit home.
Udhay http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/09/ff_wiredu/all/1 It’s the 21st century. Knowing how to read a novel, craft an essay, and derive the slope of a tangent isn’t enough anymore. You need to know how to swim through the data deluge, optimize your prose for Twitter, and expose statistics that lie. In the following pages, you’ll find our updated core curriculum, which fills in the gaps of your 20th-century education with the tools you need now. Call it the neoliberal arts: higher learning for highly evolved humans. COURSE LISTINGS 1. Statistical Literacy Making sense of today’s data-driven world. 2. Post-State Diplomacy Power and politics, sans government. 3. Remix Culture Samples, mashups, and mixes. 4. Applied Cognition The neuroscience you need. 5. Writing for New Forms Self-expression in 140 characters. 6. Waste Studies Understanding end-to-end economics. 7. Domestic Tech How to use the world as your lab. <snip: much, MUCH more at the URL> -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
