Goodbye Information Age! Welcome Conceptual Age!

Here are some abstracts from a great article by Daniel H. Pink that I found in this month issue of WIRED magazine. It's adapted from his new book A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age, to be published in March. I can't wait to get a copy!

"Logical and precise, left-brain thinking gave us the Information Age. Now comes the Conceptual Age - ruled by artistry, empathy, and emotion."

"Logical, linear, analytic thinking remains indispensable. But it's no longer enough."

"Until recently, the abilities that led to success in school, work, and business were characteristic of the left hemisphere. They were the sorts of linear, logical, analytical talents measured by SATs and deployed by CPAs. Today, those capabilities are still necessary. But they're no longer sufficient. In a world upended by outsourcing, deluged with data, and choked with choices, the abilities that matter most are now closer in spirit to the specialties of the right hemisphere - artistry, empathy, seeing the big picture, and pursuing the transcendent."

"Want to get ahead today? Forget what your parents told you. Instead, do something foreigners can't do cheaper. Something computers can't do faster. And something that fills one of the nonmaterial, transcendent desires of an abundant age. In other words, go right, young man and woman, go right."

posted by Ventolin @ 01:39