Comments on: The New Age of Work http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Amy http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-163 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:09:55 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-163 I’m not quite sure you’ve proven the point that we’re getting more free time. Sure, skipping the commute cuts down on an hour and a half of “work” (ie, not personal) time, but in a few years, who’s NOT going to be connected to a BlackBerry or an iPhone? I think our free time is less free than you’re giving it credit for.

You’re biased because even if you weren’t employed, you’d still be coding in your head. The difference between you and most other people is that you love your work, and consider it a hobby that happens to pay you.

]]> By: JK http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-162 Sat, 03 May 2008 14:11:15 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-162 Where is the education post we’re so looking forward to?

]]> By: Peter White http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-159 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:24:54 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-159 I shall look forward to it. I recently debated the issue around if the internet is making schooling worse. The opposition focused around plagurism, and I will be interested to see how to address this problem in your education revamp.

]]> By: Curtis http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-160 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:31:06 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-160 I completely agree. But I think the industrial revolution made it so that we don’t have to do everything anymore. I don’t grow my own food or make my own clothes, whereas before most people had to be able to do a lot of things themselves so they didn’t have time to do whatever they pleased, and education was an afterthought. This is obviously no longer the case in the world of vertical integration.

However, I think we DO need Google to keep up with life now. I’m working on a post about how education should be revamped in order to take into account this new information economy, and that will address your points here more thoroughly.

]]> By: Peter White http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-161 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:42:45 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/12/18/the-new-age-of-work/#comment-161 I agree with you on most bits. However, is it possible that as we have more chances for ourselves to access information, we find more activities to do? We’ve already seen as the industrial revolution came in the birth of the rat race, where we must do everything now. The information revolution seems, so far, to have simply succeed in speeding up the process. Deadlines come quicker, as managers and teachers presume the information you need is there..when its often not. Its almost like we need google in our minds to get back on track!

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