Comments on: The Ecstasy Of Incomplete Information: Why Knowing Everything Instantly Is Not The Best Thing Ever

By: Arthur Coddington

Arthur Coddington — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:57:57 +0000

In reply to Doug Korns. Thanks Doug, I didn't know that.

By: Arthur Coddington

Arthur Coddington — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:57:35 +0000

In reply to Lisa.

Lisa,

Yeah, there’s a lot of useful stuff online, don’t get me wrong. It seems to come down to balancing need vs. want. Or engage vs. retreat. I haven’t read the book, but I’ve encountered NVC a bunch of times over the last few years. Might be time to read it soon.

Arthur

By: Doug Korns

Doug Korns — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:35:16 +0000

In reply to Arthur Coddington. I remember reading about how time zones came to be. It had to do with railroads offering what was then high speed travel and needing to publish schedules of arrival/departure times that would make sense across the many cities that the train serviced. In the 1800's every city kind of had their own local solar time, that had no syncing with cities 100 miles away say. Eventually the telegraph brought a more world-wide need for recognizing time in different areas.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:02:22 +0000

Love the article, but on the other hand, I also do like the ability to find information on just about anything whenever I need it. Matt and I have done a lot of projects around our house without having to take classes and spend significant amounts of time and money to learn things.
On the other hand, I really dislike the dismissive “just google it” and agree that it shuts down communication. Arthur, have you read Marshal Rosenberg’s book on NVC (non-violent communication)? https://www.cnvc.org/about/what-is-nvc.html

By: april

april — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:41:01 +0000

interesting article, arthur! it’s actually astounding to me that we can find the answer to anything we might want to know in just a few seconds (we don’t have to make a trip to the library anymore!). i agree that this could very well end a conversation before it starts. however, i don’t think it necessarily kills curiosity. i’ve observed how this plays out with my own kids. at 20 and 15, they’ve grown up with google pretty much a constant in their lives. but they don’t just blindly believe everything they read. they still actively seek out different sources and research what they want to know more about in greater depth. in this way, google serves as an excellent tool for pointing them in the right direction. in fact, we’ve had many intense conversations over the dinner table that were begun by asking “the google” a question! [of course, sometimes i just feel lazy and want that quick easy response!] thought-provoking (thanks).

By: Arthur Coddington

Arthur Coddington — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:25 +0000

In reply to Eva. Thanks Eva. Yeah it all seems to come back to curiosity and a slower pace.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:14:11 +0000

Such a needed article. We’ll killed our curiosity about things and take news found on the internet to be true. And we’ve lost our ability to think and discern.

Having a curiosity mindset is so important in business and life. We get into the deeper why answers that are the real gems to communication and relatedness. Thanks for a great article.

By: Arthur Coddington

Arthur Coddington — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:35 +0000

For those up for playing the 20 Questions game, what would your first question be?

I’ll start with one that occurred to me while looking at a wall of clocks at the library yesterday: when did time zones get created?