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Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
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The real-world value of knowledge in the mobile-device age.
More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at allí
Bestselling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud. ...
More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at allí
Bestselling author William Poundstone confronts that timely question in Head in the Cloud. ...