Sunday, October 24, 2010

Essential Skills We Can Never Learn in College

It's almost 16 years since I stepped out of college, every thing in this list I know its true (and the list is too small) - via FS:

It's the 21st century. Knowing how to read a novel, craft an essay, and derive the slope of a tangent isn't enough anymore. You need to know how to swing through the data deluge, optimize your prose for Twitter, and expose statistics that lie.
  • Statistical Literacy : How to parse polls, play the odds, and embrace uncertainty.
  • Post-State Diplomacy: How to practice statecraft without states.
  • Remix Culture: How to analyze—and create—artworks made out of other artworks.
  • Applied Cognition: How the mind works and how you can make it work for you.
  • Writing for New Forms: How to adapt your message to multiple formats and audiences—human and machine.
  • Waste Studies: How to become a smarter consumer, investor, and conserver
  • Domestic Tech: How to apply hard science and engineering to everyday life.

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