tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6273122042365314089..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Marketplace of Big Ideas.Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33111835602741705082014-10-07T09:26:06.082-07:002014-10-07T09:26:06.082-07:00True enough, good big ideas are built from facts, ...True enough, good big ideas are built from facts, not imposed by a mega conceit. But that, after all, is basic Aristotle and it is surely a big idea.<br /><br />I wonder how much China was really steeped in Confucianism over the millennia. Keep in mind, many if not most of the Sage's writings were destroyed by emperors who did not want people to read them.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67811935218257745622014-10-07T09:02:28.671-07:002014-10-07T09:02:28.671-07:00"Surely, he is right. To take one example, ho..."Surely, he is right. To take one example, how many executives doing business in China have read Confucius? How many know what it means in Chinese culture to save face? How many of them understand what a shame culture is?"<br /><br />Continental Europeans dismissed the British as a nation of shop keepers, and China was steeped in the big idea of Confucianism for 1000s of years.<br /><br />The English were more into small truths than Big Ideas. <br /><br />But the English beat all.<br /><br />Why? Truly good big ideas are built from small facts than imposed by a mega-conceit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29974831688623148912014-10-06T15:22:22.453-07:002014-10-06T15:22:22.453-07:00I've often thought that deconstruction means t...I've often thought that deconstruction means taking apart a great work, slathering personal opinions and ascribing self-absorbed dalliances onto the author and characters, and then leaving the work in a pile of vomit on the floor. Destroying things is fun, but building things is challenging, requiring real thought. Today's liberal arts produces a lot of critics, but sadly few creators. But this is to be expected. After all, deconstruction leaves literature in an incoherent heap of its parts, and then expects the student to put it all back together and understand why the work is great. This rarely happens, because the approach to "study" of the work leaves it in ruin. No wonder young people don't think much of these old white guys. Instead, today's student peers into his glowing box, carrying on about a "new economy" and a "emerging consciousness." Yeesh.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32822750577961809352014-10-06T12:33:48.638-07:002014-10-06T12:33:48.638-07:00My thought is that errors of great minds would be ...My thought is that errors of great minds would be more likely to result in thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of corpses.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-16230456450156130382014-10-06T07:50:25.916-07:002014-10-06T07:50:25.916-07:00The management consultant Michael Hammer argued th...The management consultant Michael Hammer argued that the best undergraduate preparation for an executive job would be a double major: a tough scientific or engineering major combined with a rigorous humanities major. Electrical engineering and philosophy. Mechanics and medieval history.<br /><br />I excerpted Dr Hammer's thoughts here:<br /><br />http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#109987771486855810David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com