tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907677492250052991.post1391322430770155862..comments2023-10-18T05:06:49.026-05:00Comments on Missouri Education Watchdog: Bill Gates and the Education of Human Capitaldsmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01501964533388756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907677492250052991.post-58287314553622515042011-02-10T08:24:52.642-06:002011-02-10T08:24:52.642-06:00The first time I heard 'Human Capital' it ...The first time I heard 'Human Capital' it gave me the willies... 'Human Resources' too. But I think it actually tends to make light of the real threat Gates poses, to assume a profit motive in what he's doing - he really believes in this stuff. <br /><br />I used to read his columns in the 90's, and of course his techy stuff... he really believes it'll be a huge bonanza for all of the public if every possible jit & jot of your life is available online, so that life can be made more 'efficient'.<br /><br />And of course he's always believed that tech is the way to improve education - not simply as an updated delivery system for books & tests and so forth, but as a way of getting around the 'drudgery' of reading books and evaluating understanding, he wants tech tools to be providing predigested summaries of ‘useful information’ and presented through things like PowerPoint, etc. He's been pushing this stuff for at least 15 years.<br /><br />Sure, he'd like, and expect, it to be a profitable business venture, but that's just a nice side effect for him.<br /><br />He <i>believes in it</i>... which is far more dangerous than simple profit motive.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com