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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Weinberger |
| ISBN: | 9780465021420 0465021425 0465028136 9780465028139 |
| OCLC Number: | 701015486 |
| Description: | xiv, 231 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue : the crisis of knowledge -- Knowledge overload -- Bottomless knowledge -- The body of knowledge : an introduction to the rest of the book -- The expertise of clouds -- A marketplace of echoes? -- Long form, Web form -- Too much science -- Where the rubber hits the node -- Building the new infrastructure of knowledge. |
| Responsibility: | David Weinberger. |
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<p>Marc Benioff, chairman, CEO salesforce.com, bestselling author of "Behind the Cloud"<br> "Led by the Internet, knowledge is now social, mobile, and open. Weinberger shows how to unlock the benefits."<p> John Seely Brown, co-author of "The Social Life of Information" and "A New Culture of Learning" ""Too Big to Know" is a stunning and profound book on how our concept of knowledge is changing in the age of the Net. It honors the traditional social practices of knowing, where genres stay fixed, and provides a graceful way of understanding new strategies for knowing in today's rapidly evolving, networked world. I couldn't put this book down. It is a true tour-de-force written in a delightful way." Daniel H. Pink, author of "Drive" and "A Whole New Mind""With this insightful book, David Weinberger cements his status as one of the most important thinkers of the digital age. If you want to understand what it means to live in a world awash in information, "Too Big to Know" is the guide you've been looking for." Tony Burgess, Cofounder, CompanyCommand.com "David Weinberger's "Too Big to Know" is an inspiring read--especially for networked leaders who already believe that the knowledge to change the world is living and active, personal, and vastly interconnected. If, as David writes, "Knowledge is becoming inextricable from--literally unthinkable without--the network that enables it" our great task as leaders is to design networks for the greater good. David casts the vision and gives us excellent examples of what that looks like in action, even as he warns us of the pitfalls that await us." David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States""Too Big to Know" is a refreshing antidote to the doomsday literature of information overload. Acknowledging the important roles that smart mobs and wise crowds have played, David Weinberger focuses on solutions to the crisis in knowledge--translating information into new knowledge by exploiting the network. Based upon the premise that Read more...

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