Carol and her co-author are close to finishing their latest book. I will be glad when the book is done. I will be glad when the late nights and the cries of frustration from Carol’s office finally end. Having said that, when Carol is working intensely, she sometimes throws off good ideas like a grinding wheel throws of sparks. A couple of months ago, she was typing away in her office and I was sipping a cup of tea in the dining-living room while reading the newspaper.<\/p>\n
“The age of the paradigm is over!” she called to me.<\/p>\n
“Huh?” I said.<\/p>\n
“The age of the paradigm is over,” she repeated. “The time has passed for creating new paradigms. This is the age of actually doing things.”<\/p>\n
I’ve been thinking about that idea for the past few months, and I think she’s right. I think we’re no longer living in a time when being overly conceptual will pay off. The age of the paradigm has passed, at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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