Re: Re: Re: Economist magazine points to decline of tech writing

[David Renn <daverenn08 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Ok, good. Because I'm a terrible gambler...

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:47 AM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:

> David -
>
> There will always be a need to communicate complex information from people
> who have it to those who don't. The form of that communication may change,
> but the need will never go away. You should keep abreast of new
> technologies, techniques, and tools and find a way to gain experience in
> those that you - and the industry - feel are most effective and efficient.
> It may be words, pictures, animations, videos, holographs, or RNA memory
> injections, but it will be something.
>
> My 2Â.
>
> JG
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 5:28 PM, David Renn <daverenn08 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> So will I have a job in 15 years or should I start aggressively gambling?
>> On Jan 4, 2015 5:20 PM, "Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:
>>
>> >    Yes, I think that's still in human territory, although the bean
>> >    counters wish it weren't so. When, oh when will they be able to
>> replace
>> >    us with algorithms!!
>> >
>> >    On 01/04/15, Robert Lauriston<robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
>> >
>> >    Abstracting information from digital content (which algorithms aren't
>> >    very good at yet anyway) is nothing like interviewing SMEs, which is
>> >    what William Sherman is talking about.
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