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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
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Prompt: In This 21st Century
"Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century," said someone named Perelman. Was he right?
What and how do you believe we are now doing here in the 21st century?
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I'm not nitpicking, but learning is not a job in itself. It is a necessary requirement for living. And it isn't new either.
Ever since we humans were put on earth, we have been trying to learn or at least adapt to situations and the weird offerings of this planet earth. In addition, not everyone has equal access to education or training, all the time. Learning, be it on one's own, is always emphasized, therefore, by one's parents, community, or life situations.
In the past, at least in my day, most school systems were more into memorization than real teaching; however, we still learned a thing or two. Then, at times, wars and other life situations left little room for classroom learning. Despite those setbacks, people still learned. They learned, at least, how to live with their immediate surroundings well enough.
After having touched those points, I have to say that here in the 21st century, a whole bunch of us work with information technology, healthcare, finance, etc. We also face the challenge of automation and artificial intelligence that do away with age-old employment basics. As a result, due to our fast changing technologies, our jobs also need constant updating in all areas. If only to keep a paid work, people must learn continually, and as a result, learning now has become a condition for survival.
So, in that sense, this quote has a point. Nowadays, the person who thrives is not necessarily the most experienced or the strongest. The person who thrives is the one who is the most willing to learn and adapt. Especially now, in the 21st century which is defined by change, adaptability has become the core skill. The way I see it, we humans were cast on earth to learn in the first place, and we'll never finish learning, be it here in the 21st century or later.
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