http://www.metafilter.com/tags/intelligentlife Posts tagged with 'intelligentlife' at MetaFilter. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:20:04 -0800 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:20:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/85454/Are%2Dpolymathy%2Dand%2Dgeneral%2Dknowledge%2Din%2Ddecline Two articles from The Economist's Intelligent Life magazine about changes in knowledge production and acquisition, <a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/edward-carr/last-days-polymath">The Last Days of the Polymath</a> by Edward Carr and <a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/brian-cathcart/no-passes">Is Google Killing General Knowledge?</a> by Brian Cathcart. The first deals with the implications of increasing specialization in all field of human activity and the second with whether people are not committing facts to memory because they are so easy to look up on the internet. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.85454 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:20:04 -0800 BrianCathcart Economist EdwardCarr generalknowledge Google IntelligentLife internet knowledge knowledgeacquisition knowledgeproduction polymath polymaths polymathy TheEconomist trivia Kattullus http://www.metafilter.com/72632/Boring%2Dmen <a href="http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/print/1040" title="Economist - Intelligent Life Magazine - Are Men Boring?">Are men boring?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72632 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:20:05 -0800 boring conversation economist intelligentlife men women djgh