Did you know 2.0?
June 25, 2007 — Daniel LivingstoneDid you know 2.0 is now available. It’s an improvement over the original in a number of ways. Minor factual corrections being one… the 1900 superpower is now more correctly identified as Great Britain rather than England as one we example. It does seem a lot less global alarmist overall.
Another minor thing from the show… I was thinking though about the kids expected to have 10 to 14 jobs by the time they reach 38… are these 10 to 14 ‘knowledge worker’ jobs, or 10 to 14 McJobs? I could be wrong, but it strikes me that low paid semi-skilled workers are likely to be amongst those most regularly changing jobs.
Other than that, I still think it pushes many numbers out without always critically probing what they mean (or rather, the presentation deliberately avoids considering what any of it means).
The conclusion ’shift happens’ I still find underwhelming, but on the plus side they’ve added on some discussion points which provide a context for the 6 minutes preceding. Having discussed the presentation so much previously, I have to say that it is very hard for me to see this with fresh eyes - but it certainly didn’t seem to annoy me nearly as much as before.
June 26, 2007 at 11:02 am
Glad you find it less annoying! =)
Both kinds of jobs, I’m guessing.
What I’ve seen from using the presentation is that ’shift happens’ is sort of a safety valve. Lots of people are sort of tense / overwhelmed by that point. They usually laugh when ’shift happens’ appears and let off some steam / built up pressure…
Last thought: it’s hard to do much in just a few minutes. I typically follow up the presentation with at least 30 minutes (and usually more) of additional presentation / conversation. There’s no way to do justice to the issues in 6 or 8 minutes, but the presentation isn’t meant to do that, just to be a thought-sparker / conversation starter.
Thanks.
June 26, 2007 at 5:05 pm
What can I say. While the original provoked many very strong and positive reactions, my own original reaction was very strong and mostly negative. I hope the new version is still able to get the discussion that you would like to happen going…
The open questions certainly help.
and I certainly think that the changes remove many of the connotations that a minority of viewers picked up on and reacted to.
cheers