| Topic: | Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... |
| Posted by: | Mark MacLean |
| Date/Time: | 21/05/2003 20:34:16 |
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Hi John, Could you say more about the "trap of being a dilettante", and "avoiding dilettantism". In my experience...(and perhaps I'm just missing the personal reference experience otherwise)...I have a strong competencies in a number of professional contexts, and I learn with great interest about many other areas, and contexts. As an example, were some professional discussing with me the process of hydro electrics, I would listen with interest, and ask questions, with the intention to build a very basic and rudimentary understanding of the system. This provides me with a reference as to how this system may relate to others, however I might not commit to fully discovering with great detail all of the complexities of a hydro electric power station. Collecting these types of basic understanding provides me an excellent set of reference works which I can dip into when in social settings, as well as creating connections from many different fields. (from cars to computers to Castenada) In my own experience, I certainly see the value of a high level of competency professionally, as it relates an exchange of goods and/or services. As well, I think it has relevance in the area of epistemology, the more you know about a certain set of experiences, the more references points and ways of knowing about that area become available. (e.g. I know I am a better farmer, because I have more ways of knowing what a good farmer is/would be, (by way of animal health, crop yields, etc.)) But, in addition to promoting these high level of competencies, are you also against a general understanding of many fields? Thanks, Mark |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Mission, Purpose etc | 18/05/2003 13:09:50 | Jane |
| Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 20/05/2003 18:22:31 | John Grinder |
| Re:Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 21/05/2003 17:07:24 | Jane |
| Re:Re:Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 21/05/2003 19:09:06 | John Grinder |
| Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 21/05/2003 20:34:16 | Mark MacLean |
| Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 27/05/2003 20:06:32 | John Grinder |
| Postmodernism | 28/05/2003 17:10:15 | Golf Swing Modeler |
| Re:Postmodernism | 28/05/2003 18:30:14 | John Grinder |
| Re:Re:Postmodernism | 28/05/2003 22:11:47 | Golf Swing Modeler |
| Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 12:06:32 | Michael Carroll |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 12:21:58 | Golf Swing Modeler |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 16:49:40 | John Schertzer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 16:52:42 | Golf Swing Modeler |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 17:20:34 | John Schertzer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 18:15:10 | Golf Swing Modeler |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postmodernism | 29/05/2003 19:13:29 | John Schertzer |
| Re:Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 05/06/2003 23:52:47 | Mark MacLean |
| Re:Re:Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 06/06/2003 03:08:51 | John Grinder |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 06/06/2003 14:16:13 | John Schertzer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 06/06/2003 19:50:17 | Mark MacLean |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Student of Everything.....Master of Nothing..... | 06/06/2003 20:06:10 | John Schertzer |
| Mission, Purpose etc | 22/05/2003 03:40:10 | thepropagandist |
| Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 27/05/2003 21:01:46 | John Schertzer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 09/06/2003 03:49:35 | Spike |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 09/06/2003 16:42:12 | Johnn Grinder |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mission, Purpose etc | 13/06/2003 03:08:17 | Spike |