As many Thai universities and schools have taken the 21st century skills seriously, an article, 'Humans are Underrated' by Geoff Colvin in Fortune August 1, 2015, caught my attention (and you may have noticed how behind I was reading these magazines:))!
These are what I've got from the article ka:
- Robots are getting smarter and smarter ..... it was mentioned that a robot from SoftBank could read 'your emotions by your words, tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language......and responds....' I started to feel uneasy and worried.
- There're quite few things that humans can continue to do (thank goodness!), which are: activities that require person(s) to be accountable, collective goal settings, tasks relating to satisfying deep interpersonal needs (working with others to solve problems, sharing through telling and hearing stories, creating new ideas, etc.)
- A test in this article helps us rate our own selves how ready we are to have 'deep human interpersonal abilities: empathy, social sensitivity, collaboraton, storytelling, leading, and relationship building.' These are in fact, the qualities we tend to talk about for leaders but they should be for all to survive happily (with the robots) in the future, right?
- One quote that I like is, 'Empathy is the critical 21st century skill' said Meg Bear, Group VP, Oracle.
While westerners are going for mindfulness and increased interpersonal relationship, unfortunately, Thai people are running to become far too systematic (robotic) in many cases, deserting our own treasures of warm hospitality, caring, and friendliness.
I keep thinking about us ka....we were born and have been living in the relationship-based culture (and yes...we've gone too far to witness nepotism, corruption, etc.) If we balance it well especially amid the social media craze with much less face-to-face human interactions, we should be able to lead our education to the right directions ka.
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