Comments on: Giant shoulders and the chain of knowledge

By: johncabell

johncabell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:33 +0000

Kudos on your continued embrace of the link economy. And for your early embrace, on these shores, of Opinion …

By: Casper

Casper — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:48:45 +0000

…further:- I have come to enjoy the Africa page, where on has a general wire and an option to click on a country. If each continent is set up that way, one may for instance click on Alabama in the US to see local news. I would as a preference read Alaska every day, as I have an interest in the environment there. Else 7 longitude zoned pages of +-50 degrees each might be good too, so that would run from Oceania/Pacific through Asia, India, Mid East, Africa, Euro/UK zone to the Americas. Just some thoughts.

By: Casper

Casper — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:55:10 +0000

Dear Editors:-I have worked through all the country pages, may I make some suggestions:1) a page for Australia, that can only be interesting;2) a Hebrew page;3) The topics on the left side of the landing pages be in alphabetical order – my mind simply can’t ‘hook’ in or I battle to keep track and absorb information in a structured and logical fashion;4) The same goes for content, but that would be impossible to engineer;5) Local bourse financial graphs should be displayed first, then the most important bourses to the North and East, etc. It makes interpretation and trading towards the sunrise in the East much easier;6) That would apply to six timelines/timezones/latitude per 360 degrees/6 = 60 degrees;7) The latter graphs don’t really mean anything on a daily basis – a 1, 5 and 10 year graph makes much more sense.I hope this adds value.

By: patti

patti — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:35:48 +0000

this is more a question than a comment…I tried to get a point across a couple weeks ago, but you would not allow it…that does not seem fair since this is my home-page….I am an avid reader, I share many of your articles…but in being honest with you…you back off…please! why do you have the same page 3-4 days in a row?? it is old, stale news….please address this!

By: mike

mike — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:06:48 +0000

“Standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us” has been a common world experience for many centuries. What’s evident today, increasingly very suspect. Most major newspapers and TV do not present an unbiased view of the current “news”. They prefer instead to present ideologically-based opinions mixed immoderately with news stories, and to report ONLY ideologically-selected stories.So, “standing on the shoulders” of the reportage of most of todays’ news organizations is (unfortunately) an exercise in futility. Until TV and print journalism go back to CLEARLY separating opinion from news, and to presenting an unbiased selection of the available news stories, we will lose all of the value of building upon those who have gone before, EXCEPT the effects of building further division and polarization.

By: Tom Golway

Tom Golway — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:52:20 +0000

Hi David,Thanks for the insightful blog.A few years back I gave a talk that was similar in nature. I was speaking about the evolution of industries in the post-Industrial Revolution world.In the talk I drew analogies between industries and how the cross-fertilization of ideas between industries created a perpetual cycle of innovation for decades.In this talk my sound-bite conclusion was “Look to the past to see the future clearly”.By standing on other’s shoulders we build upon their successes. What is more powerful is understanding the struggles and highlights of their journey. Understanding the knowledge acquired from their journey enables us to create a more solid foundation for the people who will stand on our shoulders.Best,Tom

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:55:26 +0000

It would not be unusual to see politicians attempt to capitalize upon the death of Ted Kennedy as a reason to pass the health care bill as tribute to his dedication on the issue but that would be a very wrongful use of his death by most political standards, and a disrespectful tribute at that for everything that Ted Kennedy stood for in the way of political manipulation and debate.Never caving in to stronger interests was his style, and it is one of the things which made him so valuable in the U.S. Senate, and the one to beat – on any issue.No one loved his mother more, and no one was willing to sacrifice political expediency for public safety than Ted Kennedy – no matter what was on the table. Perhaps from his own tragedy in his life, he knew the importance of safety, and wasn’t willing to compromise the safety of others.The health care bill, if any good, must stand on its own – without the aid of a Ted Kennedy now – and die or survive on its own merits. To do anything different would be a grave injustice to everything Ted Kennedy stood for in America.

By: gazzali

gazzali — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:55:35 +0000

I like the part when you write about giving value “all knowledge advances based on the discoveries of the past”cheers

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:05:46 +0000

Thank you for writing this article. It is a gift.I think that Global editors blogs are giving opportunities to all of us to express in a responsable way about diferent actual events of all kind around the world. Acts of personal expressions that are done with freedom, and not by money, with mind and heart at the same time.The blogs communication opens to all to share common ground and dialogue. At least that is my overview vision.That interaccion and interchange of own experiences, ideas and opinions I think enrich the common knowledge of all of us. Rules and responsabiiity of writing inside any blog is in constant update, what means for me that blogs are becoming a strong power in pubic opinion, but that does not means to less power of the journalism, I think both can ooexist.

By: S.V.Ramanan

S.V.Ramanan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:02:24 +0000

Refreshing approach to writing.True, all of us stand on others’shoulders,may be it is parents,friends,colleagues,through out life.But the tragedy is we do not acknowledge it.In life, we owe to so many.Writing gives greatest pleasure when written under an urge to write and not for money.Such outpouring thoughts become Classics and stand the test of Time.Investigative journalism and researched articles may appeal to mind but not to heart.As an aside, how is it that all theoritical advances in Science and Arts subjects, have not evolved further after late 19th century?