Kevin Kelly writes thus: "Environments are invisible." That's Marshall McLuhan' overarching big idea. We are fundamentally, almost inherently, unable to see the largest thing in our lives -- our environment. This ocean of ideas, assumptions, expectations, constraints, drivers, beliefs, blinders, and influences that shape our lives and minds is hidden from us precisely because we are in it and of it. It takes a peculiar stance and foolishness to step outside it long enough to perceive it."
Apart from Reading,wRiting and aRithmetic, there is a fourth R that needs to be taught,to cope up with this abundance, it is Relevance. Just like how we are taught to Read and Write using a language, we need a language of Relevance. Otherwise, we would be dealing with the abundance by using filters, without fully benefiting from the profound richness.
Filters are a start, the sustained solution is to invent a language of Relevance.
Unlike the other 3 Rs, machines would partake with us, in such a language.
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