What a Fine Mess Knowledge Has Become
But That’s Not a Bad Thing, Says David Weinberger
“Knowledge is in crisis,” David Weinberger told a crowd at the Goethe Institut Los Angeles. “We can look at any of the most secure, visible incarnations of knowledge in our culture, and, very likely, that incarnation is trembling, it’s falling over, it’s shattering, it’s not in good shape.” The Encyclopedia Britannica has gone out of print; no one knows what a newspaper will look like 10 years from now; and the library’s future is just as uncertain. But this isn’t a crisis we have to fear. Rather, it’s a really …
