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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Apr 2018
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    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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      1. András‏ @andrastimot 20 Apr 2018
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        At the same time, that knowledge is likelier to be patchy - learning from books, while limited by the books you have to hand, is better at ensuring that the things you know, you know thoroughly.

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      2. Brian Patrick Eha  🎄‏Verified account @brianeha 20 Apr 2018
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        Really? I've experienced a lot of the reverse. Because my peers CAN look up so much at a moment's notice, they feel less urgency to learn.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Apr 2018
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        I specified personality/intelligence peers across generations. Of course a nerdy introvert GenX teen would have known more in 1988 than an incurious jock millennial teen in 2008.

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      1. John Backus‏ @backus 20 Apr 2018
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        John Backus Retweeted John Backus

        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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        John Backus @backus
        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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      1. Where the Tweets have no name‏ @andrewthesmart 21 Apr 2018
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        People think they know more because of internet but they don't https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/c/259/files/2015/03/pdf-16ueczx.pdf …

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      1. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 21 Apr 2018
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        visa is working on his ebook Retweeted visa is working on his ebook

        Da Vinci had to spend a lot of time getting information we can get instantaneously:https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/984626355261259776?s=19 …

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        A todo list: - learn the measurement of Milan - draw Milan - ask A how to square a triangle - ask B how the tower of Ferrera is walled - ask C how people in Flanders walk on ice - ask D how to repair a lock, canal and mill, Lombard-style - ask E for measurement of the sun
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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 21 Apr 2018
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        You had me at Jevon’s paradox. Also my anecdata agree - at any given level of nerdiness, this generation is much more thoughtful and better informed than mine was.

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      2. njuguna gachini‏ @NjugunaG 21 Apr 2018
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        Wikipedia people have concept in most things but little knowledge on the same. Intellectual have expertise knowledge on specific narrow area. Unfortunately the Wikipedia can offer little if any knowledge on anything.

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      3. an end‏ @hyperfekt 21 Apr 2018
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        One thing this overlooks is that it is trivial to search for deeper knowledge if the curiosity is left unsatisfied (which may not happen for the majority of queries, but might coincide or exceed the number of narrow areas).

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      2. an end‏ @hyperfekt 21 Apr 2018
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        Personal anecdote: I had the luck of starting to be able to read when my dad started not being able to answer a majority of my Qs. The instantantaneousness might also be a huge factor. Today if I wonder about something (which is often) I almost can't immediately look it up.

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        In case that wasn't clear: I did look most of those things up on Wikipedia when I was young (6y) (although Google was the real hub for both finding out what I'm looking for and diving much deeper). A phenomenon that might be new is that I've prob forgotten far more than I know.

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