Is It Who You Know or What They Know?
David Armano,
Logic+Emotion,
Jun 11, 2009
One of the dangers of the whole network approach to learning is the tendency to say things like "it's not what you know, it's who you know," which from my youth has always been seen as a disparaging remark. I've always distrusted the whole concept of "who you know" (probably the consequence of deep unpopularity in school). And I've always been careful to distinguish between knowledge that's created by a network and knowledge that's obtained by having the 'right' friends. On the other hand, there's no denying the learning mechanism that consists, essentially, of calling up someone you know and asking them. So. A bit of both worlds?
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