Thinking about information, learning and knowledge: I am considering why people get so up-set when they don't feel things are clear straight away. A 'Google' expectation that if you ask you should get 'the answer'. If the answer doesn't make sense then there is something wrong with the the 'thing' /person giving you the answer and you have to draw attention to the issue. This is a new phenomena, I think, of expecting information to be knowledge. It involves by-passing any uncomfortable feeling of 'not knowing' - outsourcing the sorting of ideas to the thing or person you are asking...
This Ted talk discusses this further -
What do you feel?
This Ted talk discusses this further -
What do you feel?
Thank you for posting this. Definitely food for thought, I take away from this that I personally have a need to expand my understanding over my passive knowledge. a really interesting talk
ReplyDeleteThank you Adesola, for sharing this TED talk, it was very interesting to listen to. And it made me think that dance holds quite a special place in our "click and know" generation, where we seem to become more and more passive "consumers" of knowledge (or "instant" information). While on a cognitive level we might be able to bypass the time and effort it would take us to reach a conclusion or work for constructing an answer ourselves, I feel that the process of acquiring bodily knowledge and learning to dance, still takes time and effort, there is no algorithm yet, that lets you download THE "Arabesque" (fortunately). You still have the freedom to allow yourself to go through a process, through an experience, in order to acquire knowledge and realising that the answer might not be as clear cut, as you were expecting, or maybe there is more than one answer, or the answer is actually a new question.
ReplyDeleteFascinating. As much as I believe our one reality gives us the self believe and confidence to date to be individual this cannot stay fixed. Dance classes, sharing information and readdressing situations in the group context is the antithesis of google instantaneous informative gratification!!
ReplyDeleteYes I don't believe in one reality but I do think there are shared constructs, shared moments that create relationships it is hard to deny and yet seem to be at the moment in popular media.
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I think that this tedtalk highlights many of the problems with the society we live in today, specifically the general lack of humility. For Example I read an article from Dance magazine about restructuring the way the world conducts a classical ballet class, and the in the authors opinion it seems that she feels that that the current structure of dance classes conducted at the professional level are not adequate for preparing all of the dancers needs for the demand on them today. It is clear that the author is basing all of their opinions on current ballet masters in the United states, most of whom don't have any actually training for their jobs, only experience. And experience forever will be limited to what you experience, instead of seeking to learn, and always learn, and to apply what you learn, Therefore teaching others, and making society progress as a whole.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this Adesola.
ReplyDeleteI have watched it alongside working on my AOL. Stepping outside our own perspective is vital when we don't have a fact based answer like he suggests 'we can't fly with our arms'
However, at times there are answers that we need quickly, perhaps as a quick fix to reduce stress or when we don't physically have the time to experience, research or find resources to obtain them.
I am finding the initial stages of this course to be overwhelming (in a positive sense) but also fascinating in the light of reflection, academic reading, writing and the discovery of blogging for example. I fully embrace the possibility of being wrong about something. However, I enjoy the process of having time to research something that concludes that I could just as well be right.
In some respects, it's the time that it takes that can possibly cause frustration and upset for some people.
From this TED video, I have learn't a little more about the notion of stepping outside my own perspective and to research and reflect much, much more to find and appreciate truth in whatever form it appears.
If the last two weeks of self reflection, reading, watching and writing have given me this much food for thought, I can't imagine the possibilities in two years time.