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[[File:Library planet.png|alt=Library planet|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Imagine a every book ever written.]]
[[File:Library planet.png|alt=Library planet|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Imagine a every book ever written.]]
'''The internet has changed how information is consumed. Historically, information has always been sparse, but as the saying goes ''knowledge is power'''''. This dynamic, by evolutionary psychology has programmed us with an innate almost insatiable human hunger for information.  
'''The internet has changed how information is consumed. Historically, information has always been sparse, but now its so abundant anything can be equally proven or disproven.''' Expert knowledge of [[Referencing|weighted referencing]] and [[critical analysis]] skills has now become a necessity in navigating the information age.  


The internet changed this as anyone can start a blog, put up information as spread it. However, once the internet became so ubiquitous information moved from being a scarce commodity to an abundant one. There is a deluge of information from a variety of source some with good intention and some bad with bad.
The Library of Babel is a science fiction short story by Luis Borges which details out this issue in a thought experiment. The story describes a planet whi
 
For a content provider this has now lead to instead of making what feels good, an expression of ones self, because there is so much competition it has moved to creating something true or false that someone would read.
 
The libarary of babel is a science fiction short story by Borges which describes a planet whi

Revision as of 01:11, 14 December 2022

Library planet
Figure 1. Imagine a every book ever written.

The internet has changed how information is consumed. Historically, information has always been sparse, but now its so abundant anything can be equally proven or disproven. Expert knowledge of weighted referencing and critical analysis skills has now become a necessity in navigating the information age.

The Library of Babel is a science fiction short story by Luis Borges which details out this issue in a thought experiment. The story describes a planet whi

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