6.13.2015
would diderot approve
When a thick dictionary was sitting on the shelf, or a full set of an encyclopedia displayed, one could imagine containing that whole universe. In a Google world, or surfing to a Wikipedia entry, are we not giving up on a greater vision, however unrealistic, one of our containing all knowledge?
Labels:
aspiration,
dictionary,
encyclopedia,
google,
knowledge,
piecemeal,
universe,
vision,
whole,
wikipedia
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