About | Edge. Edge.org was launched in 1996 as the online version of "The Reality Club" and as a living document on the Web to display the activities of "The Third Culture". The Reality Club was an informal gathering of intellectuals who met from 1981 to 1996 in Chinese restaurants, artist lofts, investment banking firms, ballrooms, museums, living rooms and elsewhere. Reality Club members presented their work with the understanding that they will be challenged. The hallmark of The Reality club has been rigorous and sometimes impolite (but not ad hominem) discourse.
The motto of the Club was inspired by the late artist-philosopher James Lee Byars: "To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves. " I met Byars in 1969 when he sought me out after the publication of my first book, By the Late John Brockman . That was in 1971. Reality Sandwich | Evolving consciousness, bite by bite.
Ecorazzi - The Latest in Green Gossip. Future News for Year 2020 and Beyond - News of Future. Information for the World's Business Leaders - Forbes.com. Is being overqualified a drawback when looking for a job? Apparently, it really is. People invest time and money on Master courses and other qualifications that should open the doors to any type of profession, the result being it's harder to find a job when you're overqualified. Personal experiences reported by people who have put all their efforts in specializing, with many sacrifices and postponing years of possible work and earnings precisely to be get a professional qualification, and then are told that, since they are too specific in their knowledge, nobody will hire them because they may be too demanding. If you have just finished your studies at University and are looking for a job, they will tell you lack experience.
And nobody wants, or has time, to cultivate new talents. So, what is one supposed to do? Then they call you, and tell things haven't turned out as they hoped, and say they will opt perhaps for a further Master course, maybe abroad, to find a job more easily. But no. It's a bizarre and disappointing scenario. Google +