Technological innovation is evolving at an incredible pace and it has become crucial for us to keep up. When technology is evolving at a warp speed, being resistant to such change, and stagnating in knowledge consumption means that you are not just standing still anymore, you are actually moving backwards. It is a reality where we must adapt in order to survive. But do we realise the true extremity of the situation that we find ourselves in? Throwing a few numbers into the argument always promises a good strong wake-up call. Once awake, it is time to look at the principle and the practise of Lifelong Learning as the solution.
Warp speed statistics
“There has been more technological improvement in the last 50 years than in the previous 5,000,” asserts Patrick Cox, co-editor of Technology Profits Confidential, our brand new research service. A careful examination of history reveals that the rate of technological change actually accelerates over time. Due to this exponential rate of improvement, we are actually only seeing the beginning of disruptive, transformational changes in technology.” Joel Bowman 2010.
“Moore’s Law, originally formulated by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965... [describes] the rate of improvement in the power of computer chips. That law, which predicts that the number of components in integrated circuit chips will double every 18 months, has since been generalised as a principle that can be applied to any technology...(and what’s more) information technologies improve the fastest,” says, Jessika Trancik, an assistant professor of engineering systems at MIT”. David L. Chandler 2013
“A full 90% of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years.” – Science News 2013
An all encapsulating effect
Technological advancements do not merely affect those involved in the digital industry. Technological advancements affect personal hygiene practises, transport methods, illness treatments, social interaction, marketing practises, and even the laws that we submit to. The bottom line is that, in some way or another, technological advancements affect everyone. We need to know what’s going on.
So what should we be studying? Updates on technological advancements from software developments to the new formula created for an anti-aging cream, we need to educate ourselves on how to implement new and better solutions into our jobs and in our personal lives. We need to be able to analyse such updates in order to predict what could happen next, and the more clued up we are, the more accurate such predictions will be. For example, the DVD rental industry collapses miserably; you study up on it and study how this happened. If you are working in a DVD sales store, you should be concerned and start making plans.
Learning is relearning
Any procedure, whether it is the diet you follow or how you utilise your internet banking App, should continually stand trial for adaption and alteration. In other words, the evaluation of any procedure should form part of that procedure. A personal evaluation of one’s knowledge acquirement should form part of that knowledge acquirement process. Learning becomes dependant on continuous relearning. Lifelong learning, a solution, then also becomes an asset.
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Carla van Straten is a Writer for Sound Idea Digital | Carla@soundidea.co.za
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