My Thoughts on 2013

So every year when New Year's Eve comes round that inevitable question of New Year's Resolutions is raised and what we hope to achieve in the coming year.  This year I thought I would do something different, rather than stating what I want to do in the coming year I thought I would state, or rather, request what I would like others to do in the coming year.  So in a way this isn't my New Year's Resolutions more my New Year's Suggestions for others, and I will welcome any suggestions others have for me.  I can#t promise I will be able to fulfil them as even New Year's Resolutions are rarely upheld, but at least we'll have gained an insight into what others want for us.

My only New Year Suggestion is to help those that want to learn how to do something you already know how to do.  We are a species that has advanced because we build upon the foundations laid down by the people who came before us.  The idea that knowledge is only valuable or valid if it is achieved through self teaching and discovery is incredibly arrogant.  We are all teachers and we all learn from other people.  No matter what you set out to learn in life or anything you have learned in the past you will inevitably use resources that were provided by others who sought to share their knowledge and teach others.  Every reference manual, every web page, every tutorial etc these were all written by people who sought to document their craft or their skill so that it could be passed on to others.  Unless you lived in complete isolation all your life and learned everything through trial and error and never had any influence whatsoever from anyone else then you have been taught by someone in your endeavours.  Knowledge is valuable but you will be no better than anyone else for dying without having shared it.  All that we learn in life we lose in death.  Just because it dies with us does not mean that what we learned cannot be remembered by others, so share your knowledge with others, it's the easiest way to contribute to the human race and it doesn't cost a penny all it takes is a simple conversation, or simply to answer a question when asked that you know the answer to.  Even if you don't know the answer just share your ideas, together we can achieve great things.