Learning to think of nothing is a return to simplicity, but with a critical distinction.
In such a world, learning to think for oneself could well be more important than simply learning to read and write.
In a keynote speech Thursday at CES, Ford CEO Alan Mulally said the automaker is learning to think more like an electronics company.
Machines are learning to think like us by recognizing patterns in our behavior, which has all been laid out quite nicely across our email, browsing behavior, web searches, app downloads and even our friends.
Learning to think of everything is a journey from the simplicity of a single mission into ever increasing complexity as we discover, often to our dismay, that there are an infinite number of factors that can affect our mission.
"We are a car company that through market-driven, customer focused innovation is learning to think and act like an electronics company, leveraging partnerships with fresh, innovative technology leaders, " added Mulally, who delivered the Consumer Electronics Show keynote address on Thursday.
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They have been inspired by companies like Netflix, Amazon and Google to expect that there is value hidden in their data- they just need help learning how to think like an analyst.
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Sustainability means learning how to think in terms of forever.
The emphasis now is on encouraging pupils to think for themselves, and to develop flexible learning skills that will enable 60% of 18-30 year olds to be in tertiary education by 2010.
We need to re-think the workplace to make it more of a learning place, where employees can learn faster by working together, often beyond the boundaries of an individual enterprise.
In the United States, I think we are learning how to develop buildings that use much less energy, that are much more energy-efficient.
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The patients who did benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy spent one hour a week with a clinical psychologist learning skills to help change the way they think.
School districts all over the country are starting to re-think the way learning happens and where it happens.
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If health care professionals make a commitment to learning, a lifetime commitment, I think we'll go a long way.
If you simplify their decision-making process with authenticity, simplified learning and options to weigh in on, consumers think less about the decision and you can irrevocably demonstrate a way to win back consumer confidence and share of trust.
And I think we all look forward to learning more about what happened and try to explain the why.
And I think to a certain extent, that learning how to handle that, learning how to handle that appropriately, is a normal developmental process.
Of all the things he plans to think hard about, he says, distance learning tops the list.
You have to think deeply whether the trade or skills you are learning are suited to you.
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"I think the biggest single provider of e-learning is going to be AOL (AOL) Time Warner, " says Aldridge.
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We think that half the fun of the good life lies in learning to appreciate it.
Think of a rat in a Skinner box, learning which buttons to push to get pellets of food, and you have a pretty good sense of the life of a congressman: a constant attention to what must be done to raise money, and to raise money not from all of us, but from the tiniest slice of the 1% of us.
King says the knee is learning in real time to react to a patient so the patient doesn't have to think about walking.
"We think that to keep the children lively and focused and engaged in their learning they need to be given a huge variety and wealth of experience to make them rounded individuals, " she said.
"I think most of my members are interested in learning what Gov. Romney has to say about this issue, and we're going to withhold judgment, most of us, until that time, " Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters after the policy announcement.
Think of this as learning exercise that will help you gain the skills you need to thrive in the years ahead, no matter what you end up doing.
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This might be even tougher than learning it the right way in the first place, because you have to unlearn all of the detracting things you think.
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