Head in the Cloud

Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up

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William Poundstone: Head in the Cloud (2017, Little Brown & Company)

352 pages

English language

Published 2017 by Little Brown & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-55327-8
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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.

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