I think this is the bigger point - the difference between internal and external knowledge has become much less important because the external knowledge is alway

I think this is the bigger point - the difference between internal and external knowledge has become much less important because the external knowledge is always easily available. I have a friend who prides himself on knowing all manner of both sports and history trivia - he could walk you through who won every NBA championship and who was in their starting lineup for the finals off the top of his head. Meanwhile, I'm a Lakers fan and I remember they had a threepeat in the early 2000s, but I don't know the years off the top of my head. Who cares? I can Google it if I need the details.