In <32468BA9.1A87@mail.execpc.com>, on 09/23/96 at 08:07 AM,
Mariann Storck <mstorck@execpc.com> said:
>Perhaps this is an opportunity to educate another member of the public
>at large. Who knows why this person is trying to enter the work force
>after all these years but to jump all over her for a lack of knowledge
>doesn't seem like the kindest thing to do.
>Mariann Storck
>Godfrey & Kahn
Amen. There but for grace go us all.
I think we all are going to have a serious fight with obsolescence of
knowledge and skills. I am not sure what the resolution will be --
increasing specialization may be a partial answer (one that I find very
unsatisfactory).
A year ago (that short!) I felt that I had a reasonable cursory grasp of
what legally useful information was available on the Internet and some
glimmering of how it could be put to practical use. Now I see an ocean of
information with accelerating growth. Several tens of thousands of bright
young people seem to be developing far more ways of putting that and other
information to practical use than I ever imagined, and each new way takes
about as long for me to learn as it takes for it to become obsolete.
It may be time to specialize in the legal history of some obscure dead
civilization -- at least the growth in knowledge is manageable.<g>
Regards,
John Lederer
Oregon, Wisconsin
(Where the citizens are deeply troubled over the cultural implications of
the town's first stoplight)
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