...................CREATING OUR OWN CAREERS....................

AGGREGATORS & APOLOGISTS NEEDED!  "IN SHORT SUPPLY."

​In the near-near future there will be a need for a field of study that does not exist today. There are many among us who perhaps unknowingly are already actively involved and presently engaged in this specialty. These people are part of an unrecognized but urgently needed group of individuals dedicated to "critical thinking." These unique specialists must be qualified, recognized and emerge to create a new aggregated discipline that can address multifaceted interconnected issues. The spiritual aspect of our existence must be a primary discipline.   One reason will be that the problems we face in the future will require people who are not indoctrinated by traditional methods. These people must be highly educated with credentials that may not meet the standards of today's higher learning institutions. Their aspirations and goals in life might be characterized as more of a calling than anything else. They will have to obtain some level of formal education for a foundation, but they may not follow traditional paths. Their level of expertise will be derived by experience, learning, knowledge, study, insight and wisdom. Sagacity will characterize the naming behind their title and trade. Titles such as these do not exist today! The need for these sages has been historically overlooked and as such their necessity has yet to be recognized. The world allows too many of its greatest voices to be silenced or put "out to pasture" too soon. Many of these people will be somewhat autodidactic. In such a modular, segmented and specialized world of interrelated professions we are very likely to miss things outside of our specialty. No one may anticipate a new issue until it surfaces unpredictably. After all who ever thought we would need regulations for texting and driving. Rapid advancements and accelerating transitions are affecting every aspect of future business and social interaction. There seems to be no exceptions. Our careers are evolving in lock step with theses ongoing changes. The ability to see & solve situations make "innovators" the problem solvers of the future. This is becoming a job description that will take on multiple definitions across various applications. A new breed of "pilots or navigators," as mentioned in our 2020 Conditions, Convergence and Consciousness post, will become one of many new careers. Just as a lawyer's advice is his "stock in trade." So is an "innovators" insight his "stock in trade." At present no schools are offering a major to prepare candidates for this vast, changing and undefined field of work. Qualified applicants will have to see, define and create their own career paths.

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INTERCONNECTED AND INTERRELATED TOPOLOGIES

It's time to stop thinking of our universe, economies, ecosystems, governments and even our bodies and minds as independent or separate entities. Seeing life from a spiritual perspective allows us to view all of its interworking's as one large interdependent cohesive mechanism. GOD (singular) as one, created one intertwined existence for all of God's creatures to coexist in. It was and still is the higher order creatures, that have and continue to corrupt the perfect order of the universe.

INNOVATORS WANTED" is sure to be a new entry within the traditional "HELP WANTED" section for jobs.  Evidence suggests that we are on the verge of more breakthroughs and inventions then in all of history. We now have more gadgets and gizmos then we know what to do with. So much so that many inventions may never surface publicly. This flood of contraptions has opened up an abundance of ways to innovate and apply them. The downside is that it has also created a plethora of unintended problems to solve. The attention needed to address these types of problems is becoming painfully evident. Short term problems like drones in the hands of nefarious individuals are causing unintended consequences. Long term consequences like global warming have been accepted as a byproduct of progress despite the damage it does. Did anyone think to consider that the effects of extracting oil from the planet and burning it the way we do would cause us to poison ourselves? The "impact gap" is becoming obvious. Some of yesterday's solutions have created today's problems. Many of our new problems, spawned by technology will only be resolved by new applications to the technologies that created them. Tomorrow's class of innovators will redefine both the approach and applications used to find resolutions. Yes things will continue in much the same manner as before but the way in which they continue will allow for the creation of jobs that were unimaginable till now. Those who can anticipate the needs and fill the needs will create the next set of job titles and define new careers not yet in existence. Our educational systems are facing a challenge in training and equipping our transitioning labor pool with the skill sets required for the "next generation of workers." In addition to the basic fundamentals an additional layer of education is needed. Today's certificates, diplomas and degrees will not meet tomorrows demands for future fruitful careers. Many of our standardized tests for evaluating competency need to be adjusted and intuitively refined. Who decides the standards anyway? Sometimes the most qualified candidate is not necessarily the smartest one. It is shortsighted to think that technology only applies to computers, medicine and machines. Technology is a "branch of knowledge" that deals with the "application of knowledge." This is more about how we deal with what we know then it is about how much we know! The technological thinking required to maintain our future is all inclusive. Humanity has continued to advance and as such has meticulously interwoven the techniques applied to businesses, governments, agriculture, transportation, entertainment, communication and climate into an in-ter-dependent fabric. This is a unique first, as all first are, but what makes this even more peculiar is that through consensus we can clearly predict and create whatever future we choose. That's really unique! This requires a new breed of thinkers, sensitive to the control of our destiny. As we embrace constantly changing up to date thinking our perspective and interpretation of past history will change also. There may be many subtle changes in the facts that affect changes in interpretation if we are open to it. As such the interpretation and applications of previous lessons can be reexamined and refined in light of our ever-growing insight. Yesterday's rationale will not keep us current with today's discoveries. Even our oldest recorded history can teach us new lessons. Hindsight is 20/20 vision but revising hindsight and adding foresight yields even keener insight. 

The cost and the strength of a college degree is no longer a guarantee for success. Historically we have been able to prepare our workforce with the proper skill sets to meet the demands of the time. Unfortunately, a convergence of factors continues hampering our ability to meet the needs of today and anticipate the demands of tomorrow. Our own advancements are outpacing our ability to smoothly deploy change with minimal economic, environmental or social impact. We have delayed addressing so many previous factors that the ramifications are beyond a point where we can dramatically alter their course even if we chose to. Compulsory education, first implemented in the state of Massachusetts, and adopted by the rest of the country in the early 20th century needs strengthening. Colleges and higher educational institutions are now facing a financial dilemma. It is gradually becoming more costly to learn a trade that it is to profit from its practice. Medical schools are producing doctors that are more inclined to focus on the more lucrative areas of medicine like plastic surgery rather than the less profitable areas of general practice and real healthcare. The greatest growth markets are and will be those that provide solutions for the plethora of crisis-es we are about to face. This is not a doom and gloom scenario it is an opportunistic prediction for the next group of entrepreneurs. This does not imply or advocate abandoning our existing systems and institutions but rather expanding their purpose and policies to be as far reaching and inclusive across every level of human intellectualism as possible. As coincidental as this might sound the concept behind the name "Nitchtechnologies" originated from the principles outlined in this post. We're realizing more and more that in this age of accelerating technical growth there is an ever-widening gap between design, application, use, understanding, scaling and deploying the flood of things coming to society at large. We are experiencing many unforeseen remedies, creations and consequences. One of the newest job descriptions will likely be titled as a matchmaker, someone who introduces and pairs devices with people. We are approaching an age of designer drugs, designer babies and precision medicine; why not designer machines that fit us like designer shoes!  Another frontier career may be working as a task moderator. That job might entail helping to keep people from falling through the multiple cracks created by a rapidly changing society. Multiple stresses can come with multiple transitions, "life assist jobbers" may have to answer this call and fill this gap. Remember, the gap will be filled by the Calamity it creates or the Clarity we create within it.