Debbie,
thanks for your response. I agree with your thought that "some knowledge
is not perishable." Among my current reading is a rereading of two old
favorites of mine, the "I Ching" or "Book of Changes," and "The Art of
War" by Sun Tzu. While there is some confusion over the origin of these
books, the former book is older than the latter one. They are about 3000
and 2400 years young, respectively. While they may represent perishable
knowledge in the geological sense, I would not consider their knowledge
perishable in the historical sense.
By the way, I think that it's possible to store this knowledge using
knowledge management technology, is it not? It occurred to me that the
Art of War was originally knowledge captured on bamboo slits covered with
ink from a brush and then the slits were woven together to form a
knowledge management object called a "scroll." Since then, it has gone
through a number of technological revolutions and now appears in book
form. I believe that Gene Bellinger has captured its' knowledge in his
Outsights knowledgebase. Perhaps knowledge is less perishable than the
method with which we "manage" its' storage and retrieval?
regards,
Doc
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