Obsolescence of Skills
In my last post I talked about habits geared towards acquisition of
skills. It does sometimes happen the other way â where you need to
unlearn something, or re-frame an existing skill in a different way in
order to advance with it. This is a natural part o moving forward in
life, of adapting. I like to think that I do an acceptable job of
keeping current, of adapting.
The proof is in the pudding: how many skills do I have the have
been obsolesced*? I hadn't counted, honestly. I'm still not going to
count (not that you will see, anyway!) but you might try taking a look
at the Obsolete
Skills Wiki to see if anything you've learned has become
irrelevant, and whether you've successfully crossed that chasm.
Don't freak out if you see something you swore was still relevant â
some of the entries are on the site, but are disputed!
Some are pretty dead on, or scary. "Counting
back change" is - saddeningly - appropriate. How many merchants do
you know that employee people who can count back change? How many
people do the math to leave a 20% tip?
How many things do you know that have become irrelevant?
obsolesce - become obsolete, fall into disuse; "This word
has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used"
Has the word "obsolesce" ... obsolesced?
