Are You Smarter Than a Smart Machine? Why “old smart” is the new stupid
The concept of being smart enters our lives early—as soon as a parent or loved one praises us by saying, “Oh, you’re so smart!” As we proceed through school, smart means getting high test scores, making fewer mistakes, and giving fewer wrong answers than other students. That standard continues in many of our workplaces, in which employees are encouraged to act like machines—to be efficient, mistake free, and more knowledgeable than other employees. How much you know has been the way to succeed in the knowledge economy.
