Bibliograph

Too big to know, rethinking knowledge now that the facts aren't the facts, experts are everywhere, and the smartest person in the room is the room, David Weinberger

Type

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Too big to know, rethinking knowledge now that the facts aren't the facts, experts are everywhere, and the smartest person in the room is the room, David Weinberger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Too big to know

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

701015486

Responsibility statement

David Weinberger

Sub title

rethinking knowledge now that the facts aren't the facts, experts are everywhere, and the smartest person in the room is the room

Summary

Internet philosopher Weinberger shows how business, science, education, and the government are learning to use networked knowledge to understand more than ever and to make smarter decisions than they could when they had to rely on mere books and experts

Table Of Contents

Prologue: the crisis of knowledge -- Knowledge overload -- Bottomless knowledge -- The body of knowledge : an introduction to the rest of the book -- The expertise of clouds -- A marketplace of echoes? -- Long form, Web form -- Too much science -- Where the rubber hits the node -- Building the new infrastructure of knowledge

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