Right Stuff - Part 2
Lets move along with our questions, if you just joined take a few minutes to review the previous entries.
Q- We get the impression that through the years there has been an erosion of the "right stuff"?
A- You are correct.
Q- What happened? When did it start?
A- Technology.
Q- Technology, what do you mean?
A- Technology has benefited as well as eroded the evolution of the "right stuff". Today the technology is front and centre, with individuals espousing the technology as a normal way of conducting business. Technology is supposed to make it better.
Q- Hasn't technology made many aspects of the industry simpler, expedited and accelerated the decision process, improved the control of numerous variables, overall its easier, simpler, faster?
A- Several years ago I read that technology was no competition or substitute for the human brain and intellect. When folks espouse strong levels of technology in the automotive industry there is an "intellectual disconnect" that occurs.
Q- Can you elaborate? Intellectual disconnect?
A- Simple....what becomes the "right stuff" the individual or the technology?
Q- Could it be that in 2008 the "right stuff" is a blend of both?
A- You guys are correct....in 2008 the "right stuff" is an individual tethered to technology, a business tethered to technology.
Q- What's wrong with that picture?
A- Nothing at all...perhaps we are reaching the point where the individual is possibly becoming subservient to the technology. The "right stuff" is no longer the individual, its the "software" in the technology that overshadows the individual.
Q- Isn't this phenomenon occurring across most activities, and businesses these days...where technology is almost overshadowing the individual. In many cases technology has made dramatic improvements, and unlocked value.
A- I agree wholeheartedly with you guys, society has made substantial progress empowered by technology. I firmly believe that we will make additional progress in the future. I also have reservations!
Q- You have reservations about what?
A- I have reservations that technology is leading the individual, and not the individual using technology as a tool.
We will continue...
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