Head in the cloud

why knowing things still matters when facts are so easy to look up

340 pages

English language

Published 2016 by Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-25654-4
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OCLC Number:
953173374

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Looks at the state of knowledge in the American public, and demonstrates how many areas of knowledge correlate with quality of life, politics, and behavior, arguing that being knowledgeable has significant value even when facts can be looked up with little effort.

4 editions

Subjects

  • Information behavior
  • Theory of Knowledge
  • Big data