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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari

The most important impact of script on human history is precisely this: it has gradually changed the way humans think and view the world. Free association and holistic thought have given way to compartmentalisation and bureaucracy.

Could we speculate that we are cramping our brain and using less of it? We've made ourselves so boring.

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06 Dec 19 · Flag

Jeffrey Keeten

I think googling would take care of itself Nikola if young people would show more interest in learning for learnings sake.

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Amy

We had a class called "Information Literacy." It existed at first as a way to teach students how to make the most out of the college library, with strong emphasis on the card catalog and educational s…

07 Dec 19 · Flag

Jeffrey Keeten

Sorting fact from fiction on the internet has become arduous and difficult especially as we scan headlines instead of actually reading whole articles. I think more and more people are interested in on…

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