The short film "Information Deformation" by Bill Farren (Education for Well-being) is a stark reminder that information doesn't equal knowledge. It cites a Pew Research finding from 2007: "On average, today's US citizens are about as able to name their leaders, and are about as aware of major news events, as was the public nearly 20 years ago."
I wonder if and how that has changed with Twitter in the mix.
The film also makes an interesting distinction between Fast Knowledge and Slow Knowledge. "Fast knowledge is focusing on solving problems, usually by one technological fix or another. Slow knowledge has to do with avoiding problems in the first place."
"It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place." (Lewis Carroll).
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