"Contemporary technology makes available many small pieces of factual information. As a result, people have become so preoccupied with bits of fragmented information that they pay too little attention to the larger issues and overall perspectives."
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- Now that computer technology has made possible the rapid accessing of large amounts of factual information,
people are less likely than ever to think deeply or... - People think they don't have to learn, Because there is so much
information available.
But knowledge is more than possessing information.... - Information Technology permits small companies to look large
and large companies to feel small.
Dr. Benn Konsynski, Emory... - Much of the information that people assume is 'factual' actually turns out to be inaccurate.
Thus, any piece of information referred to as a 'fact'... - If a system does not have a payback for a given individual in the information
chain,cthe information will get corrupted at the level of that individual,
and become worse as it travels up the chain. -- Taber's... - byte:: /bi:t/ [techspeak] n. A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character;
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,... - byte /bi:t/ n.
[techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to
the amount used to represent one character;
on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits,... - Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so.
Technological innovations have taken place, but the... - Because of television and worldwide computer connections,
people can now become familiar with a great many places...
