Wired 13.02: Revenge of the Right Brain
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Logical and precise, left-brain thinking gave us the Information Age. Now comes the Conceptual Age - ruled by artistry, empathy, and emotion.
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Until recently, the abilities that led to success in school, work, and business were characteristic of the left hemisphere. They were the sorts of linear, logical, analytical talents measured by SATs and deployed by CPAs. Today, those capabilities are still necessary. But they're no longer sufficient.
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knowledge workers
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ability to acquire and to apply theoretical and analytic knowledge.
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All we had to do was study hard and play by the rules of the meritocratic regime. That was the path to professional success and personal fulfillment.
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Until recently, the abilities that led to success in school, work, and business were characteristic of the left hemisphere
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But they're no longer sufficient. In a world upended by outsourcing, deluged with data, and choked with choices, the abilities that matter most are now closer in spirit to the specialties of the right hemisphere - artistry, empathy, seeing the big picture, and pursuing the transcendent
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India becomes (by 2010) the country with the most English speakers in the world
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developing nations continue to mint millions of extremely capable knowledge workers
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But that's also why plenty of opportunities remain for people and companies doing less routine work - programmers who can design entire systems, accountants who serve as life planners, and bankers expert less in the intricacies of Excel than in the art of the deal
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