Comments on: “The process of having original ideas that have value…” http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/ Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Prodighoul http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/comment-page-1/#comment-3332 Prodighoul Mon, 28 May 2007 18:37:05 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/#comment-3332 “One of the most difficult tasks people can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.” --C.G. Jung While I don’t think Mr. Robinson one-off about videogames was meant to indicate more than “videogames are a passive activity that kids partake in to waste time”, I find it disappointing that by doing this he has separated it from the other forms of art and entertainment that are represented at the TED conference. Of course, he may have just made the reference because by his perception, playing videogames are what “the kids” doing these days. Twenty years ago in the same context, he might have said that graduates would go home and continue watching television. “One of the most difficult tasks people can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.”
–C.G. Jung

While I don’t think Mr. Robinson one-off about videogames was meant to indicate more than “videogames are a passive activity that kids partake in to waste time”, I find it disappointing that by doing this he has separated it from the other forms of art and entertainment that are represented at the TED conference.
Of course, he may have just made the reference because by his perception, playing videogames are what “the kids” doing these days. Twenty years ago in the same context, he might have said that graduates would go home and continue watching television.

]]> By: Jeff Lindsay http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Jeff Lindsay Sun, 20 May 2007 22:03:36 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/#comment-3084 Definitely one of the most popular TED talks out there, one of the best. My values have been shifting a lot over the past few years to do something about our poor state of education... things have been happening over your and my lifetime where creativity is heavily trumping obedience, and that's not what our Prussian-inspired model of education is optimized for. Remember when I was talking about systems thinking? I probably mentioned Russell Ackoff. He did a great talk at the American Architectural Foundation's National Summit on School Design... you should check it out: http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/audio/Events.Summit.Ackoff.mp3 Definitely one of the most popular TED talks out there, one of the best. My values have been shifting a lot over the past few years to do something about our poor state of education… things have been happening over your and my lifetime where creativity is heavily trumping obedience, and that’s not what our Prussian-inspired model of education is optimized for.

Remember when I was talking about systems thinking? I probably mentioned Russell Ackoff. He did a great talk at the American Architectural Foundation’s National Summit on School Design… you should check it out:
http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/audio/Events.Summit.Ackoff.mp3

]]> By: Roger von Oech http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Roger von Oech Sun, 20 May 2007 18:29:29 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/posts/the-process-of-having-original-ideas-that-have-value/#comment-3074 Fun post. Good ideas. Thanks also for the mention! Fun post. Good ideas. Thanks also for the mention!

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