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why knowing things still matters when facts are so easy to look up
By William Poundstone
"Head in the cloud" was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2016 - nyu, it has 340 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Head in the cloud” Metadata:
- Title: Head in the cloud
- Author: William Poundstone
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 340
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publish Date: 2016
- Publish Location: nyu
“Head in the cloud” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Information behavior - Theory of Knowledge - Big data - Knowledge, theory of
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: x, 340 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27215537M - OL20035496W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 953173374
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2015953952
- ISBN-13: 9780316256544
- ISBN-10: 0316256544
- All ISBNs: 0316256544 - 9780316256544
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"Head in the cloud" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Introduction: Facts are obsolete
- 2- Part One: The Dunning-Kruger effect
- 3- 1. "I wore the juice"
- 4- 2. A map of ignorance
- 5- 3. Dumb history
- 6- 4. The one-in-five rule
- 7- 5. The low-information electorate
- 8- Part Two: The knowledge premium
- 9- 6. Putting a price tag on facts
- 10- 7. Elevator-pitch science
- 11- 8. Grammar police, grammar hippies
- 12- 9. Nanoframe
- 13- 10. Is shrimp kosher?
- 14- 11. Philosophers and reality stars
- 15- 12. Sex and absurdity
- 16- 13. Moving the goalposts
- 17- 14. Marshmallow test
- 18- 15. The value of superficial learning
- 19- Part Three: Strategies for a culturally illiterate world
- 20- 16. When dumbing down is smart
- 21- 17. Curating knowledge
- 22- 18. The ice-cap riddle
- 23- 19. The fox and the hedgehog.
"Head in the cloud" Description:
The Open Library:
Looks at the state of knowledge in the American public, and demonstrates how many areas of knowledge correlate with quality of life, politics, and behavior, arguing that being knowledgeable has significant value even when facts can be looked up with little effort.
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