Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Leader: What can I do to help?
Worker: Tells them.
Leader does not do it.
Leader asks again: What can I do to help you?

And leaders wonder why we don’t trust them.

In 17th century France, someone my age would have lived through (maybe) two or three major epidemics. Were they the good ole days to which we want to return?

I’m convinced human nature is technological. As a species, we have never been without it.

We seem disquieted by technology that is not predictable and humans who are too predictable.

AI has no user guide.

IT folks can maintain systems, we can uninstall them.... or we can just let them degrade.

My Elevator Pitch on Learning
https://hackscience.education/2019/06/24/my-elevator-pitch-on-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“AI is good at recognizing patterns, but wisdom cannot be delegated to machines.”

Recent observations conform incompetent leaders are threatened by competence and seek to remove it.

Here is your regular reminder that your simple solution demonstrates you don’t understand the problem.

Thought on Network Security & Educators https://hackscience.net/2024/04/12/thought-on-networsk-security-educators/

Does America Need More Innovators?
https://hackscience.education/2019/06/21/does-america-need-more-innovators/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A new episode of my podcast is available.
https://bit.ly/3J0jtfP

OK folks, we’ve been Zoomjng for 4 years now. Can we finally get into the habit of not eating on camera. It’s not a good look.

John Dewey suggested thinking should be like blacksmithing. We judge its quality by its outcomes. Sure… but don’t we think there is something beyond behavior when it comes to cognition?

Try thinking in a manner that you avoid self-contradiction. We used to value that character, but today it’s way too common.

Reality cannot contradict itself.

Becoming Educated
https://hackscience.education/2019/06/19/becoming-educated/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I used to work with a person who overreacted to almost every situation. Folks started ignoring them when they went on their rants and walked away when they started. It was effective, although they left the organization complaining about the toxic environment on their way out.

The temperature outside is meaningless. The context in which we know it makes it matter. I sure wish folks cared more about context than they do about data.