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| The Wisconsin motto is "Forward" | Sometimes, this motto seems a bit brisk and in need of further definition and clarification. |
| Unitarians and others tend to say that we will work to improve in the future: "progress onwards and upwards forever". | I learned slightly different wording that included "the progress OF MANKIND ..." |
| A favorite verse of the Bible in my Unitarian Sunday School was the first letter of John (1 John 3:2) "Now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be" | Here and in the affirmation, the language used explicitly mentions males. I think we are all becoming more aware that such language unduly highlights men and undervalues both general and also specific contributions, insights, and viewpoints of women |
| Australian psychologist Cordelia Fine describes in lovely language the anguish, the complete collapse into mourning and despair her 13 month old son falls into when he experiences the total tragedy of having his mother take from him a ballpoint pen that is not really safe for him to handle. Since the readers of this blog are older than the boy, they all know that in the near future, say, 3 or 4 years, he will not find the pen so exciting, so painful to not play with. | Most of us can fall back to earlier stages at times. At 16 or 46, we will experience the same sink into despair upon the first dent in our new car. |
| My favorite independent businessman just sent me this interesting, futuristic link http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0 | With enough experience, record-keeping and analysis, the factory will probably get better, more efficient, cheaper. See the Japanese technique "Kaizen" and W.E. Deming's writings, which have still to be recognized and applied widely. I am keeping my eye on Brazil, Argentina, the Czech Republic, South Korea and others who are using their brains and trying their best. |
As a person interested in education and its twin, training, I am always interested in what future twists and turns in our lives, abilities, habits and misadventures may be. It occurs to me that in the cases of
we can see the result of human thought, experimentation and design. | Wired magazine recently announced the death of the world-wide web but it actually meant the narrowing of unbridled services into more structured [and possibly serviceable] individual websites. Over time, with effort and thought, education and training improves athletes, web sites and services. |
