Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up Maine Student Book Award (2015) Consumed by resentment and self-loathing

Consumed by resentment and self-loathing

“As a black woman

were some of the biggest names in business

shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that

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Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up Maine Student Book Award (2015) Consumed by resentment and self-loathingThe real world value of knowledge in the mobile device age. More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon almost any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? Bestselling author William Poundstone confronts