Eric Berridge: Why tech needs the humanities
إيريك بريدج: لماذا يحتاج التكنولوجيون التخصصات الإنسانية؟
Eric Berridge is an entrepreneurial humanist who believes our society is overly obsessed with STEM. Full bio
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about 10 years ago.
that was killing us.
a very specific programming skill
a cutting-edge cloud system.
نظام سحابي متطور عن بعد (Clouding) .
with our bartender friend Jeff,
what all good bartenders do:
making us feel better,
are overblowing it.
we're hanging out in our team meeting,
نتسكع في اجتماع فريقنا
we're about to be fired."
أن يتم طردنا."
Jeff, the bartender?"
some quizzical looks.
وبعض النظرات الساخرة.
"That is a great idea."
"إنها فكرة رائعة"
as a philosophy major.
بتخصص فلسفة.
their fixation on the programming skill.
about what we were going to build and why.
how to program the solution,
one of our best references.
of computer science majors or engineers,
من تخصصات علم الحاسوب والهندسة
left us wondering:
we recruited and trained.
engineers and computer science majors,
وأشخاص بتخصص علم حاسوب
musicians, writers ...
والموسيقيين، والكتاب
itself throughout our company.
is an English major,
الذي درس تخصص الإنجليزية.
in computer science or engineering.
الشهادات في علم الحاسوب أو الهندسة
a computer consulting firm.
software package
in annual sales.
في مبيعاتنا السنوية.
education in this country --
على س-ت-ي-م
engineering, mathematics --
والهندسىة، والرياضيات
in the United States
في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
towards STEM education
في مجالات العلوم الطبيعية "الستيم".
of Department of Education funding
من تمويل وزارة التعليم
about an engineering-starved workforce.
من ندرة الهندسة في القوى العاملة.
of the tech economy --
من الاقتصاد التكنولوجي
companies in the world by market cap
will be dominated by STEM.
ستسيطر عليها تخصصات الـ (ستيم).
chases the ball into the corner,
يطاردون الكرة إلى زواية الملعب،
any more than we value the humanities.
من تقديرنا للتخصصات الإنسانية،
are incredibly intuitive.
to recruit from all disciplines
على توظيف جميع التخصصات
can be manipulated without writing code.
بدون التلاعب بكتابة كود أو الشفرة.
easy to learn, even easy to program,
سهل للتعلم وسهل للبرمجة،
that are available for learning.
والمتاحة للتعلم.
needs specialized skill,
rigorous and formalized education
صارم ورسمي
that are imperative and differentiated
to work together as humans,
للعمل مع بعضنا كبشر،
is envisioning the end product
and judgment and historical context.
ورجاحة العقل والسياق التاريخي.
was focused on the wrong thing.
with the business and the end user,
to articulate their needs.
to communicate and invent together,
والابتكار معًا،
how to build things,
كيف نبني الأشياء
what to build and why to build them.
ماذا نبني ولمَ نبني ذلك.
treat the humanities as a lesser path,
يعاملون الإنسانية كتخصصات أقل
the context of our world.
معنى ومغزى لعالمنا.
are purposely structured.
they give us our language,
to thought and action.
إلى أفكار وأفعال.
on equal footing with the sciences.
to tell you that STEM's bad.
بأن تخصصات العلوم (ستيم) سيئة.
to tell you that girls shouldn't code.
أنه لا يجب على الفتيات أن تكتب الأكواد.
there's an engineer behind it.
will be dominated by STEM,
محكومة بالتخصصات العلمية (ستيم)
or relatives or grandchildren
أو أقارب أو أحفاد
whatever they want to be.
of their open job opportunities
project managers, program managers,
مدراء برامج
متخصصو الموارد الإنسانية
buyers, on and on.
والمزيد المزيد،
that our future workforce needs --
قوانا العاملة المستقبلية
with gender or race.
في الجنس أو العرق
is getting easier and more accessible
وفي متناول اليد
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Berridge - EntrepreneurEric Berridge is an entrepreneurial humanist who believes our society is overly obsessed with STEM.
Why you should listen
As the co-founder of global consulting agency and Salesforce strategic partner Bluewolf, an IBM Company, Eric Berridge has applied his passion for the humanities over the past 17 years to pioneer a cloud consulting practice with less than 10 percent of employees holding engineering or computer science degrees. The way he sees it, as technology becomes easier to use and build, the humanities offer skills that are becoming increasingly valuable to the success of business everywhere. And today’s AI-driven discussion holds the key to freeing the human condition to be balanced, healthy, creative and productive.
Eric Berridge | Speaker | TED.com