The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #016 - Un-Industrialisation of Things with Andy Delin
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The Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show #016 (MP3 - 16.8MB - 48:37min)
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* Acknowlegements
The intro. music for the show is from the song ‘Extraordinary Girl’ by ‘Jack in the Pulpit’ (http://www.jackinthepulpit.com/) courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network (music.podshow.com)
Un-Industrialisation of Things with Andy Delin
The problem - Industrialisation in general
ICT - India and China Together
Dave’s book reference - A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age (Daniel Pink)
The solution - Creativity and Innovation
Metropolis - Pat Helland
Dave’s Secondlife ART (dkart)
Value of Link - Andy’s wisdom on future business models
LINKS:
pat-http://www.pathelland.com/presentation_overview/index.htm
pink-him-http://www.danpink.com/
pink-mind map-http://steves.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/19/1772216.html
pink-amazon-http://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Information-Conceptual/dp/1573223085
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:14 pm
[...] This seems to link back to the Industrialisation Of Things, a set of ideas appearing in the 19th century, when there was a desire to impose order on the unruly natural world. Certainty and control must be induced at all costs and education and work must be standardised and measured. In the 21st century, continuing to follow this Victorian heritage leaves little latitude for new thinking to thrive. This Victorian industrial rationalism desired the hierarchical structure of all things, whether people or facts. Taylor in the early 20th century realised he could commoditise the tasks of industrial workers to increase output; a number of legal cases detail people’s dislike of his structures but he remained convinced that his “scientific management” could be applied to all areas of life, from the factory to the social club and our homes. Today, we’d rather buy a robot. [...]