Knowledge Overload or Internet Lazy?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday December 31, 2005 @12:51PM from the learn-things-dangit dept.

Dareth writes "Are we being overloaded by knowledge? Is the number of sources growing faster than we can keep up with them? These questions are posed by this article in USA Todays's tech section The article seems to suggest we need 'better technology to cope with the problems better technology creates.'" From the article: "With a generation growing up expecting everything on the Internet, libraries, non-profit organizations and leading search companies like Yahoo and Microsoft are committing hundreds of millions of dollars collectively to scan books and other printed materials so they can be indexed and retrieved online. HarperCollins Publishers even announced plans in mid-December to digitize its vast catalog."

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Required Reading by Quirk · 2005-12-31 13:19 · Score: 3, Informative

Luria, A. R., the great Russian psychologist, wrote of memory and information overload in his widely known book The Mind of a Mnemonist.
The vast number of factors necessary to fathomable answers to the questions..."Are we being overloaded by knowledge? Is the number of sources growing faster than we can keep up with them?", are such that they point out the flaws inherent in the questions asked.

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Re:Or.. by Darthmalt · 2005-12-31 19:30 · Score: 2, Informative

They dont need it but they do. I know they can speak English, Latin, and German. Latin and english are obvious and German because I believe they are descended from german / Dutch immigrants.