Great Quote Monday — Alvin Toffler
Writer / Futurist Alvin Toffler
A thought-provoking quote from writer / futurist Alvin Toffler to start your week:
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
- Alvin Toffler
That’s a really intriguing idea, that what you know isn’t as important as the ability to acquire and implement knowledge. It doesn’t take long to see there are some exceptions to this broad statement, e.g. I’m not letting someone operate on me who says ’sure I’m dentist, but I got some books on surgery this weekend and I’m a quick study.’ So does that disprove Toffler’s idea or is it just an exception? With the rapid development of technology, haven’t ‘learning, unlearning, and relearning’ become the new 3 R’s?
Do you agree with Toffler? Disagree? Share your thoughts on this quote in the comments section.
- Matthew Porter
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