Out of Our Minds

Out of Our Minds is a book by Sir Ken Robinson. A couple of quotes to whet your appetite.

"As knowledge expands, greater specialisation is inevitable. The risk is that we lose sight of the larger picture, of how ideas connect and can inform each other. In these circumstances we need more than access to information and ideas: we need ways of engaging with them, of making connections, of seeing principles and of relating them to our own experiences and identities."


"It is an interesting feature of cultural change that for a time new technologies tend to be used to do the old thing." This reminded me of the construction of the iron bridge at Ironbridge - using wood construction joints amongst other techniques. Have a look sometime; it's fascinating and beautiful.