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Outside of small scale relationships you need vast stores of knowledge that your brain can capture. That's one of the reason the internet and social network exp
by ezconnect 5y ago
Outside of small scale relationships you need vast stores of knowledge that your brain can capture. That's one of the reason the internet and social network exploded because we always seek out to learn something new and internet and social network made it accessible.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoI honestly do wonder how well this exobrain concept works. It's great at convincing you that you have knowledge available, but is it the same as actually knowing it yourself? One of the great benefits of knowledge is the ability to make connections between things you know. If I for example know the Latin words "manus" (hand) and "facere" (to make), and I know the English words "manual", "factory", and "manufacture", I'll probably make a bunch of connections there. I probably won't by merit of having access to a Latin dictionary alone. If half the things you know are on the level of awareness of an unread Wikipedia article, I don't think you quite get the same benefit.