Connectivism

I picked out some points of interest when reading Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age.  It is always interesting to me the calculated amount of knowledge in the world. Paraphrasing, I once read that a person born in the 21st century, can pick up a newspaper and will have more knowledge, then someone born in the 19th century.  Of course, I factored in relevance, and it diminished the statement greatly.  My point when I read something such as the "shrinking half-life of knowledge doubling every 18 months." I try to grasp the relevance of the statement.  I also found it interesting that he definition of learning, is so incomplete.  This is unfortunate since every time I read a new definition of knowledge I will have to factor all of the points this article has brought up.  Another, something to think about," The Black Box theory" caught my attention.  Most bring this issue up when it comes to autism, especially because of the lack of verbal or other forms of communication.
"Classroom Fuzziness," I felt was a re-statement of Piaget theory in which accommodations must be made for the learner.  Other thoughts such as recognizing connections made sense to me.  Then, I was lost in the definition for chaos,"chaos is a cryptic form of order."  If that was a logical statement and converted into an equation the word chaos would be annihilated, as if the idea of chaos in invalid.  The no man is an island idea was recaptured through the author stating, everyone tries to connect to others and the benefits in doing so. Knowledge flow, and the pipeline had it's ups and downs.  The up for me was the mentoring of children through retirement home.  The down to me was the statement that the pipeline itself is more important then what is in it.  I had mixed feelings about this article because I generally weigh readings as if the statements are on a scale.