Will the children of tomorrow appreciate the wonderful things we have in this world? Will they be safe from the negative effects of technology? In the news today, it is mentioned that scientists are developing another way to go forward with fusion reactors. Will this be boon or bane for tomorrow's children?
Some wonderful things we have now:
Now here are the skills to teach the children of tomorrow:
Some wonderful things we have now:
- very functional and often free software, many with open source code
- for word processing, drawing, mind mapping, flowcharting, diagraming
- phone software
- games
- business software
- video and audio software
- access to resources
- roads
- water pipes
- sewers (can be improved to reuse safe water)
- gas lines in developed countries
- many different sellers / service providers to choose from
- easier ways to browse, buy and sell products, to move products to people who need them
- supermarkets with food in stock to choose from
- wealth of books and other media
Now here are the skills to teach the children of tomorrow:
- how to CHOOSE items, hardware, tools, software, media, activities
- prioritizing benefits to others, self, community
- designing systems
- minimize impact on environment or even improve it
- minimize impact on health of people and livestock or even improve it
- automating processes
- automate the repetitive less complex process
- more time to do what needs their attention and what needs to be done
- automate earnings
- spend more time allocating resources to where they are needed
- spend more time communicating and fostering teamwork with others
- example putting google ads on their website. (I still can't seem to make google ads work on this site, not that i get lots of visitors as of this writing)
- allocating resources to where they are needed
- organization of resources, items, finances, organizations, systems, processes