Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up House ranking/ordering

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This book contains comprehensive coverage of all seven steps--not just the first three or four

dozens of adorable illustrations

That Lincoln succeeded

ISBN13: 9789682418747 ISBN10: 9682418747 Material Type: paperback

Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up House ranking/orderingThe real world value of knowledge in the mobile device age. More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Bestselling author William Poundstone confronts