[Ads-l] Fw: Thinking class / Cognitive class / Knowledge class

[Dan Goncharoff]

All jobs require some knowledge.

Some jobs require only knowledge. Those are done by knowledge workers.

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 12:18 PM Z S <zrice3714 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not convinced that the two are parallel. Cognition/thought and
> knowledge are basic to all human beings - hence the term *homo sapiens*.
> Even the farmer has specialized, scientific knowledge...so does the cement
> worker (in the case of the documentary). If you put any of us in the
> Amazon, we most likely lack the inherited, cumulative body of specialized,
> scientific knowledge required to survive more than a year. The tailor in
> Italy or the home seamstress/pattern drafter possesses a specialized
> knowledge of geometry, arithmetic, space, and form (as well as anatomy)
> that allows him or her the ability to create or manipulate 3D objects by
> using complex calculations and a flat surface. If you put any of us
> (without their specialized knowledge) in their place of work, we'd likely
> come away with a sarong or toga, at best.
>
> On the other hand, many people will easily admit to lacking creativity -
> and it has no implications as far as class or intelligence, nor does it
> dehumanize. Some jobs don't demand creativity and try to outright prohibit
> it! However, all jobs require knowledge, human thought, or "cognition".
>
> Knowledge worker, thinking class, cognitive class, knowledge class -
> they're terms that 1) diminish the the skills and knowledge necessary for
> various professions and economic classes and 2) dehumanize (understatement)
> by denying the very existence of knowledge and human thought among specific
> classes and professions.
>
> Best,
> Zola S.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 1:33 PM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>
> > It calls to mind the parallel construction "creative class".
> >
> > ---Amy West
> >
> > On 2/7/24 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > > Date:    Tue, 6 Feb 2024 23:24:50 +0100
> > > From:    Z S<zrice3714 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > Subject: Re: Fw: Thinking class / Cognitive class / Knowledge class
> > >
> > > Just confirmed a suspicion: in the documentary*Spies of Mississippi*,
> one
> > > of the witnesses states that her uncle, B.L. Bell, referred to his
> class
> > as
> > > "the thinking class people". (I just went back and scrubbed through the
> > > film to check.)
> > >
> > > (Timestamp 17:07 to 17:42)
> > >
> > > https://youtu.be/JX925i-llQk?feature=shared&t=1027
> > >
> > > These terms sound as antiquated as they are. Interesting - to say the
> > least
> > > - that they're so freely used today by the media.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Zola Sohna
> >
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