I guess if you go back far enough in human history, there are people (tribal elders) who knew what worked when it came to survival. This concept of do as you are told or die is ingrained. We are still breaking free of the bonds. Move to the present day and we have vast swathes of information, and as many elders as we want, each with their own approach to what is 'right'. And our needs for information are greater and far more diverse, and very unlikley to be satisfied by a handful of current day 'elders'. These days we need to be able to tap into the vast information flow and the greater population of 'elders'. I definitely find this in my own field of management support tools where the issue is usually about breaking the barriers between people and the information they need.

So I am not entirely sure that I agree with the assertion that we need to revert to a 'default' position. We actually need to expand and broaden from what we have learned about learning from thousands of years of successful species survival.

Very thought provoking. Thanks

Paul