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Dearth of Intellectualism: Is the world getting dumber? Where are the Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton of this generation? Adebola Rayo and Nubi Kayode tried to analyse this 21st century disaster and how to deal with it.
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Dearth of Intellectualism
Adebola Rayo & ‘Nubi Kayode
One will agree that intellectualism over
the centuries, from one generation to another
has experienced a gradual decline.
Nonetheless, in any society or civilization there is
always an exemption – a constant k that show how other things have
changed
Is it that there is no room for further innovation or breakthrough that will shake or mold the world such as Einstein’s e=mc2 or Newton’s discovery of gravitational force?
Why do we experience this dearth in intellectualism?
Lack of reading cultureWhen last did you read a decent book that added
knowledge to you – not an article from your iPad on the
latest app upgrade or the fastest new car in town?
Light-weight innovationHas the internet brought about a
rush for only easy and fast path to innovation?
An information age sees everyone wanting to be like Facebook and Google, leaving the labs empty
Symptoms: Dearth of Intellectualism
Who are You?We’ve got growing
population of people without a sense of history and
cultural identity
Where are you headed?“You can’t know where you are going if you don’t know
where you are coming from”
Symptoms (Contd.)
Parochial View . Linear Thinking .
Bandwagon EffectThe world is a global village and it’s
easy to be trendsetters, but then we neglect the side effects: very narrow outlook and tendency for easy replication, which in large
scale causes stunted development and scarcity of innovation Poor Work Ethic
Can this be attributed to the yearn to live life on the fast-lane? After all life is short and things are moving at the speed of light (or is it sound?) Or
are we just lazy and don’t want to be as hardworking as we should be?
Symptoms (Contd.)
Asia has tried to be the exception:
• Retaining cultural identity – language, dressing, cuisine, art, architecture, etc.
• Quality work ethic in all spheres including education and industry
It is evident that the world now looks to Asia for ‘how-to’ function as a country, community, company, institution – educational, financial, and even governmental; as they thrive in development – economy and innovation
Who is Safe?
Do we go for an Asian World?Not all countries can be like China and other Asian countries as the system does not work for all countries but tweaking the variables and replicating models will do the trick
Innovate . Evaluate . ReplicateAsia has a diverse system of operations – from China to Korea and Singapore. Yet all have thrived for the same reasons.
What Action Steps?
Who are the players?
~ Individual ~People have to strive to
know who they are – starting from where they come from via history, as
this shapes the path.
~ Industry ~Create room for innovation
based on research and aimed at development – without
profit being the major drive
~ Government ~Investment in the area of knowledge and capacity building. Set policies that
will reward good work ethic and innovation
Dearth of Intellectualism – Adebola Rayo & Nubi Kayode
Want to contribute your quota to saving the world’s intellectualism from going into extinction?
Also drop your comments, let’s discuss.
@AdebolaRayo & @NubiKayode