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This chapter gives a perspective of how France has seen the use of technology and how she evaluates what it means to be skilled. The French system’s major limitation is its emphasis on mathematics. It seems to be based on the notion that mathematical skills lie at the heart of all kinds of expertise, even those of medical doctors. It is argued that the French system is counterproductive. This counterproductivity is furthered by the idea of the “information society”, whose chief characteristic seems to be speed. The danger is that just doing things faster may never leave time to reflect over what one knows or needs to know. This phenomenon in the past has led to national socialism in Europe. It has produced, and is now propagating, the Fordist philosophy of production as a way of life.
The chapter title is a quote from Helmut Qualtinger.
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Stieg, G. (1990). I have no idea where I am going, so to make up for that I go faster. In: Göranzon, B., Florin, M. (eds) Artifical Intelligence, Culture and Language: On Education and Work. The Springer Series on Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1729-2_23
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