Learning is a life-long task

The concept of life-long learning is just as applicable today as it was during the time of the Renaissance. Just as Leonardo da Vince made huge contributions to learning and during the fifteenth century, there are CEO’s and Presidents of different businesses that are contributing to the pursuit of life-long learning during our day. One company that comes to mind is Google. Eric E. Schmidt, and Google, has created an easy way to access large amounts of information related to any topic. I feel that there are strong similarities to the Renaissance and our day.

Once common trend that I found in all of the readings is that Galileo, Copernicus, and da Vince all were inspired by other scientists, philosophers, artists, ect. of their time. This same principle is applicable in our day. Many successful businesses, sports teams, authors, ect. observe what is happening in the world around them by other successful people and tweak their ideas a little and creat something new and exciting that succeeds. I feel this principle is demonstrated by what took place in Miami this off-season in the NBA. Pat Riley, the President of the Heat, recognized that his team was not in a position to contend for a championship. Therefore, he built a super team that can be compared to the Chicago Bulls, let by Michael Jordan, during the 90’s. There is a starting line-up led by three superstars in LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh who can be compared to Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman.

The principle of life-long learning and learning from others is continuous. This attitude was created by great men during the Renaissance time period and is occurring in our day as well.