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On the other hand, Google lets you actually find information rather than just wishing you had it. https://imgur.io/pumgE https://imgur.io/pumgE Do I remember
by throwawaysleep 4y ago
On the other hand, Google lets you actually find information rather than just wishing you had it.
https://imgur.io/pumgE https://imgur.io/pumgE
Do I remember a lower percentage of the facts I have encountered in life than others? Almost certainly. But I also bet that I have encountered vastly more as a result.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> Google lets you actually find information rather than just wishing you had it. Correct. And that's a problem. The "wishing you had it" part is actually really important. Creativity and understanding isn't just assembling a jigsaw puzzle of discrete information facts. Holding together a mental model, including many partial and missing pieces of information, is how innovative leaps occur. A Google driven life, treading over popular, permitted pathways is comfortable and convenient but requires only some small fraction of the adult human brain. More is not necessarily more when it comes to information.