People who grew up with Wikipedia seem far better informed than their intellectual/personality peers from older gens at same age. Jevons paradox. They know more *because* they can look up anything. No curiosity left unsatisfied. I’d estimate a 10y advantage in factual knowledge
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Similarly, I think we can expect a greater diversity of interests from younger generations when they grow up. Twitter and Reddit make it easy to go arbitrarily deep into any interest without IRL support groups. Related thread:https://twitter.com/backus/status/983109400284966913 …
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Reddit is a great tool for bootstrapping new intellectual interests.
• Google to find subreddits. Usually there are several.
• Raid subreddit sidebars and wikis for links, discussions, FAQ
• Take blogs you like and search by domain. Ex: https://www.reddit.com/domain/lesswrong.com/top/?sort=top&t=year …
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