For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
— Plutarch On Listening to Lectures
The impulse to ingest more data is our first and most powerful instinct. Born with billions of neurons, as babies we begin developing complex synaptic networks by taking in massive amounts of data - sounds, smells, tastes, textures, pictures. It's not always gr...
Published on January 21, 2016 14:33