Actually, the full name of the talk was "The Disk is Dead, Long Live the Disk". Obviously, the idea of eliminating the disk was meant to be taken with a grain of salt.
My interpretation was that the technical skills that was being refered to in the article were not so much the skills of the high tech job market but rather the skills of being able to comfortable and efficiently use technology. For example, the article mentioned such things as operating cell phones and VCRs. Making it so the "common man" can comfortably use his VCR or computer is not, I hope, going to displace the jobs of people with more advanced technical knowledge.
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I don't have my copy of "The Tolkien Reader" with me, but if I remember correctly "Smith of Wooten Manor" was not included in that collection.
The difference being that CD's often come with the lyrics. I've yet to get a CD that come with sheet music.
Actually, the full name of the talk was "The Disk is Dead, Long Live the Disk". Obviously, the idea of eliminating the disk was meant to be taken with a grain of salt.
My interpretation was that the technical skills that was being refered to in the article were not so much the skills of the high tech job market but rather the skills of being able to comfortable and efficiently use technology. For example, the article mentioned such things as operating cell phones and VCRs. Making it so the "common man" can comfortably use his VCR or computer is not, I hope, going to displace the jobs of people with more advanced technical knowledge.