Comments on: Why We Make Lists http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/11/26/why-we-make-lists/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zack S http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/11/26/why-we-make-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2521 Zack S Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:27:28 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=4233#comment-2521 I would object to Eco and bring up a point. Wouldn't a more apt description of culture be, not knowing when Napoleon died, but <b>wanting</b> to know when Napoleon died? I can hardly see anybody uninterested in culture having a discussion about Napoleon's death and quickly jumping to Google to simply settle a bet. So as long as it is active searching - I want to know a fact and search for it - the point on education that he raises may not be necessary. Now, in regards to children and passive search - that is for class assignments or whatnot - I completely agree with his point. I think children coming up using the internet do need to be guided in how to discriminate the good from the bad on a Google search. Interesting interview, thanks for pointing it out. I would object to Eco and bring up a point. Wouldn’t a more apt description of culture be, not knowing when Napoleon died, but wanting to know when Napoleon died? I can hardly see anybody uninterested in culture having a discussion about Napoleon’s death and quickly jumping to Google to simply settle a bet.

So as long as it is active searching — I want to know a fact and search for it — the point on education that he raises may not be necessary. Now, in regards to children and passive search — that is for class assignments or whatnot — I completely agree with his point. I think children coming up using the internet do need to be guided in how to discriminate the good from the bad on a Google search.

Interesting interview, thanks for pointing it out.

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