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Just stuff I thought of while getting a little exercise. |
| My attitude about learning has changes from my college days (1961-1965) to after retirement 2010 on. Engineering school was more about 'training' to perform a profession. Read, study, learn, practice, and evaluate. Always with a goal to complete a task. The state of California insisted on some humanities studies to be included in a Bachelor of Science degree. So, Northrop Institute of Technology, offered several non-technical courses to meet that requirement. I took what was needed, made passing grades, and promptly dismissed all that junky stuff for 50 years. After retiring I have fewer tasks, am financially secure, have reasonably good health, and don't have to plan another 50 year career. But, a funny thing has happened. Those 'foppish courses' are coming back to me. Small voices are whispering Plato, Machiavelli, Aurelius, Seneca... and I'm thinking, "What the hell were they really talking about?" So, I'm diving back into them and finding out, "Wow, I guess I really am sort of a stoic." Did those 'required courses' have an effect? Were they what California really needed citizens to know? Yeah, I guess education is as important as training. Now I use ChatGPT to investigate a lot of things I was never trained for. It's great for finding facts, quoting literature, inventing/evaluating stories, and apparently planning sales campaigns. But will I remember enough of it 50 years from now like I did in 1962? (Oh yes, I plan to live to 132). |
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