tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post8233709401906645631..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Israel and InnovationYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-44584774383186276742009-03-29T16:07:00.000+03:002009-03-29T16:07:00.000+03:00IMHO as a father of three native born Israelis (2 ...IMHO as a father of three native born Israelis (2 girls, 1 boy) who were all educated in Israel and have all done their military service, the teamwork and improvisation starts in kindergarden and school and is manifest in their army service. It is not a function of military training but part of the ethos of society here. It comes to the fore too when they travel in their post army trips and form ad hoc groups using knowledge of the locality gleaned from other Israelis who were there before.<BR/><BR/>As someone who has worked in the fast shrinking high tech world for the past 25 years, it is indeed central to our success and responsible too for many of the "cock ups" and exaggerations of what we can actually supply.Avihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888895372410129083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-88823213424080328492009-03-27T16:47:00.000+03:002009-03-27T16:47:00.000+03:00This post reminded me of the Number 1 on my person...This post reminded me of the Number 1 on my personal list of perfidies:<BR/><BR/>... all these wonderful achievements were explained by Naomi Klein in Haaretz? at about the time she promoted her book Shock Therapy by the simple "advantage" Israelis had that they had Palestinians to test modern warfare on which made them interesting to Americans who would otherwise not care for them half as much ... if I remember correctly she actually said Israelis had Palestinians as their guinea pigs ... and a nut like this Klein-woman is taken seriously at book fairs etc.;-((( - <BR/>I wonder how she would explain this intestine travelling camera ...<BR/><BR/>rgds,<BR/>SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-14395696289326038272009-03-26T21:32:00.000+02:002009-03-26T21:32:00.000+02:00Honestly: That sounds like a place I'd like to liv...Honestly: That sounds like a place I'd like to live. Why did I ever choose to study human sciences?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com