No. I am not talking about consuming physical goods. Read on.
To reading,writing and arithmetic, a new R was added recently, pRogramming. Social Media is buzzing with people from diverse disciplines advocating, learning to code as a crucial skill.
YouTube has over 4 billion hours of video. The web contains over 8 billion pages.
In spite of LOLCats and other trite, there are lots of valuable stuff to watch, read and enrich from.
So, the key skill would be to watch a lot, quickly decide to skip or continue watching.
The same principle applies to reading as well. Browse a lot, read many and study a few.
Khan Academy has over 4000 video lessons.
In this age of lifelong learning, there is no bound to learning. So, one must consider learning a lot, try many and learn some every month.
I would add the fifth R, i.e., learning to watch more, read more and learn more, as a crucial skill to navigate the Present Shock.
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