The Adaptable Mind and The Human Economy

So recently, we had an assembly at my school. I went into it expecting to hear the long drawn out speech and standard conduct rhetoric that we have all come to expect in Western schools. Instead something different happened instead he talked for 2 minutes until chatter inevitably began and than challenged anyone in the room who wanted to go to go, which least to say shut people right up. Once he'd regained control of the room, he played one little ten minute video and that was all. Least to say it was probably the best assembly ever, now that's what I call satisdiction (it's a real word I'm not kidding. It means to get ones point across with few words. It's cool :D ).

The video in question is "The Adaptable Mind" talks about the future of our world and our role in it as technology grows and grows and takes up more of the physical work. It specifically talks about how our human traits; Curiosity, Creativity, Initiative, Multi-disciplinary Thinking and Empathy, will be what we build our economy around. A "Human Economy" if you will, based around peoples ability to think outside of the box. Now as much I'd like to talk about the idea of that, we aren't going to be talking about it. Instead (as per my orders), you get to hear

In the context of those five things at least.


Out of those five things I would have to say that I am very good with curiosity, creativity and empathy. I love exploring things, wrenching them open and looking around and generally thinking about possibilities. As a student of the arts I feel like I am quite apt at being creative, coming up with new ideas and solutions to problems. As for Empathy I do my very best to always try and get into someone else head space when trying to work with them.

As for future development I feel like I really need to focus on my initiative, as I am terrible at getting things going that I am not especially interested in. Also I am terrible with procrastination and making excuses, this namely being my favorite excuse:

And as for multi-disciplinary thinking, I feel that it wouldn't be very hard for me, as I enjoy interacting with others and developing projects. My biggest struggle is that I need to put myself out there and actually find the other disciplines to work with and talk to. Really more of an initiative problem, but I digress.

I think to continual to grow and develop, I really just need to focus on getting myself motivated and if I can get that part of my life worked out than I should be able to do very well in life.

The Inaugral Post (Not much eh?)

 **WARNING REQUIRED NONSENSICAL BLOG PREAMBLE**

            So today I started my first day of Grade 12+, and as fate would have it I was lucky enough to be able to end off my day with the Writers Craft course. And as fate would have (albeit was not entirely unexpected) our lovely teacher Mrs. Reidel asked, after the creation of our personal blogs for the course, to check our the Course blog where she left us some day one questions. And here I was thinking I was going to get away from this scot-free.


            But like all homework it poses an age old question, so I guess I'll see to answering it (jokes of course, I am far too big a goody-two shoes for that). The question itself isn't all that difficult either. It's simply wondering "What is your intention for this course" and "What do you think writing skills could offer you". Not hard questions to say the least; you'd actually have to try and screw it up do get it wrong.

Actual answers:
             As for the answers: My intentions for the course are to firstly to work through some of the expanse of the ideas I have in my head and actually put them onto paper. Rather than simply run through them for the umpteenth time in my head so that I don't forget them. As well as to try and expand the tools I have in my writing tool kit, for personal and official/academic/generally prim and proper writing. When it comes to what writing skills could offer, that's a pile of possibility. On account of how necessary English and writing are related to the most basic parts of human interaction. So other than the typical improved grammar and quality of essay and things in that vein. I believe that writing skills could help me with communication skills, by working with different styles of writing with different nuances, I think that it could improve my ability to communicate verbally with peers and others.

Till next time,
Chris Nesbitt [Your Humble Scribe]