@prefix rdf: . @prefix ns1: . @prefix foaf: . ns1:this rdf:type foaf:Person . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Weblog . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Feed . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry ; rdfs:label "Zero-based Cognition (Difference between Humans & Machines)" . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry . @prefix dc: . dc:title "The Calamitous Nature of Opportunity" ; foaf:maker ns1:this ; rdfs:label "The Calamitous Nature of Opportunity" . @prefix dt: . @prefix dcterms: . dcterms:created "2008-10-10T16:30:53Z"^^dt:dateTime ; dcterms:modified "2008-10-23T22:20:17-04:00"^^dt:dateTime . @prefix sioc: . sioc:id "ba086563cfcdee1046ded52bff5a5495" ; sioc:link ; sioc:content "As articulated in timeless fashion by Albert Einstein:\n\n\nThe significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. \n\nThis quote also applies to the current global financial mess because the essence of this crisis remains inextricably linked to dependency on outdated "closed world" systems. \nHow we got here (5,000 ft. view)\nWe have a global human network that depends on systems driven by, and confined to, data silos! Every time you hear a CEO, Government Official, work colleague, neighbor, sibling, or relative tell you they didn't see it coming, just remember:\n\n\nFor every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction\nFor every debit there is a credit\nWhat goes around, comes around\n\n No man is an Island (little tweak: Human)\nWe are all Linked whether we like it or not\nSystem preserving reboots are a feature of all intelligently designed systems.\n\nWhy there won't be a Depression\nThere won't be a depression because we can't afford one. Just like we couldn't afford to continue with the manner in which our systems work today. Unlike the '30s, we all know that there are no absolute safe havens right now, we have enough information at our disposal to eventually understand (post panic) that stuffing the mattress isn't an option (even government bonds won't cut it, ditto money market accounts).\n\nThe Opportunity\nTake a deep breadth and tell traditional media to "shut up". As per usual, the traditional mass media wants to have it both ways by stoking the panic and maxing out on the frenzy with reckless abandon (as per usual). If there is a time to appreciate the blogosphere and quality journalism etc.. It's now.\n\nAnyway, as the saying goes: "It's always darkest before dawn", and as bizarre as this may sound in some quarters, things will ultimately change for the better. It just so happened that a really big cane was required in order for us to change our dysfunctional ways :-(\nI recently wrote a post about "zero based cognition" that sought to bring attention to the power of "Human Thought" in relation to value creation.\nInnovative creation and dissemination of value is how we will eventually get out of the current mess (as we've done in the past). The predictability of the aforementioned reality is significantly increased by the sheer link density and resulting "network effects" potential of the Internet and World Wide Web. Our ability to "connect the dots" as part of our value creation, dissemination, and consumption processing pipelines is what will ultimately separate the winners from the losers (individuals, enterprises, nations).\n\nRelated\n\n\n Yihong Ding's insightful\n perspectives\n\n\n Jason Kolb's poignant piece titled: The Year Innovation Died\n\n\n Tech Start-ups and the Economy's Best Hope\n\n\n Money as Debt - (a documentary spotted by Danja)\n\n Peter Kalfka's post: Smart Startup Advice: Don't Panic - Profit\n\n\n George Soros Interview\n\nMark Cuban (Blog Maverick) echoing "Entrepreneurship is the key" sentiment.\n" ; atom:title "The Calamitous Nature of Opportunity" . @prefix ns10: . sioc:has_creator ns10:this ; sioc:has_container ; sioc:links_to . @prefix ns11: . sioc:links_to ns11:startup-advice-how-to-make-the-collapse-work-for-you . @prefix ns12: . sioc:links_to ns12:peter_kafka , . @prefix dbpedia: . sioc:links_to dbpedia:Information , dbpedia:Closed_world_assumption , , , , , , , , , , dbpedia:Albert_Einstein , dbpedia:Internet , dbpedia:World_Wide_Web , ; atom:source ; atom:author ns1:this ; atom:published "2008-10-10T16:30:53Z" ; atom:updated "2008-10-24T02:20:17Z" . @prefix opl: . opl:isDescribedUsing . ns10:this rdf:type sioc:User . @prefix rdf: . @prefix ns1: . @prefix foaf: . ns1:this rdf:type foaf:Person ; foaf:made . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Feed . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Weblog . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" . @prefix sioc: . sioc:container_of ; atom:entry ; atom:contains . @prefix ns7: . ns7:this rdf:type sioc:User ; sioc:creator_of .