Re: [ba-ohs-talk] Peer-to-what-peer?
Thanks, some prof. And congratulations! That's the way to start a new year. (01)
Henry (02)
Lee Iverson wrote: (03)
> On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 04:17, Henry K van Eyken wrote:
> >
> > Another book, apparently interesting, "Ingenuity" by some prof in British Columbia. I
> > understand from dinner conversation that it is about the increasing difficulty of
> > solving complex problems because they require peer-to-someone_else's_peer
> > interaction. In other words, we need to be able to make ourselves clear to other
> > people's peers. I also have an old item in Fleabyte named, "Wanted scientists trained
> > in both biology and computer science." (The source was a June 1999 issue of The
> > Economist.)
> >
>
> The book is "The Ingenuity Gap" by Thomas Homer-Dixon, a professor at
> the University of Toronto. The book won the 2001 Canadian Governor
> General's Award for Non-Fiction. You can check it out at:
> http://ingenuitygap.com
>
> It turns out that the "some prof in British Columbia" reference better
> describes me now. More on that later... ;-)
>
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