How Do People Learn - Imitation, Education, Observation
The other day, I was speaking to an acquaintance, he noted that
"from the time we are children up through old age, we are doing some
sort of mimicking behaviors," and thus we shouldn't be too surprised
that kids try to copy what other kids do, just as they mimic their
parents. Have you ever noticed that when you see a mom and daughter walk
into a store, the child has the exact same look on her face, mannerism,
and even gate (the way she walks), we I've noticed, it's so uncanny
it's practically predictable. Let's talk.
You see, whether we like it or not, people copy what they think is appropriate, what works, or what they are told. I just think people should observe more, if everyone is walking towards a cliff to jump off you don't have to imitate, turn around, and then grab your friends and family and leave. Can you begin to see who dangerous such behavior can be in the real world? How about the broken window theory? If you allow trash to clutter the streets people will continue to throw their trash out and litter. If you allow some graffiti, you are bound to see more within the week.
Now let's take all this for a higher level, what about China copying US technologies, imitating, and even stealing our intellectual property. Some have said it's because in the Chinese culture, you share information and ideas with friends, and if we are their favorite trading partner and friends obviously we can share information. However in Western Culture we have copyright law, patent law and we see information, ideas, concepts, and such as personal intellectual property, capital if you will, an asset, which doesn't make a lot of sense to those other cultures without this sort of thought process.
Still, now as the tables are turned we see that now China has its own intellectual capital and they like the idea of making money off their ideas, and don't forget China is the inventor of many things firecrackers were the predecessor to missiles for instance. China is also willing to think big, very big as in the Great Wall of China, Treasure Fleet, or the Three Gorges Dam just to name a few in China's history. Since humans copy, and especially copy what works, maybe this has more to do with how humans learn, and why we are at the top of the food chain today. Please consider all this and think on it.
You see, whether we like it or not, people copy what they think is appropriate, what works, or what they are told. I just think people should observe more, if everyone is walking towards a cliff to jump off you don't have to imitate, turn around, and then grab your friends and family and leave. Can you begin to see who dangerous such behavior can be in the real world? How about the broken window theory? If you allow trash to clutter the streets people will continue to throw their trash out and litter. If you allow some graffiti, you are bound to see more within the week.
Now let's take all this for a higher level, what about China copying US technologies, imitating, and even stealing our intellectual property. Some have said it's because in the Chinese culture, you share information and ideas with friends, and if we are their favorite trading partner and friends obviously we can share information. However in Western Culture we have copyright law, patent law and we see information, ideas, concepts, and such as personal intellectual property, capital if you will, an asset, which doesn't make a lot of sense to those other cultures without this sort of thought process.
Still, now as the tables are turned we see that now China has its own intellectual capital and they like the idea of making money off their ideas, and don't forget China is the inventor of many things firecrackers were the predecessor to missiles for instance. China is also willing to think big, very big as in the Great Wall of China, Treasure Fleet, or the Three Gorges Dam just to name a few in China's history. Since humans copy, and especially copy what works, maybe this has more to do with how humans learn, and why we are at the top of the food chain today. Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on the Future of Education. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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