Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Humans Are Special


by Rick Nason, PhD, CFA
Partner, RSD Solutions Inc.

Read an article on Jarion Lanier recently – one of the fathers of virtual reality amongst other things.  Certainly not a Luddite when it comes to computers and such.

A quote that he made caught my attention. 

“Human’s are special, they’re not computers.”

Hmmmm.  Profound or obvious? 

Now, is your company run by computers or humans?  (Would you prefer that it was run by computers or humans?)  Is the world run by computers or humans?  (Would you like it to be run by computers or humans?)

Is your risk management run by computers or humans?  (Would you like it to be run by computers or humans?)