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September 5, 2013July 8, 2018 andreweverett360 Book Review, General

Everything Is Miscellaneous

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Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder

by David Weinberger

In the past, physical limitations led to classifications systems in which everything was forced into a single category. A library patron needed to know which shelf contained a particular book, so each book was assigned a category within the Dewey Decimal system. In the digital world, it is more useful for things to have multiple classifications.

“Reality is multifaceted. There are lots of ways to slice it. How we choose to slice it up depends on why we’re slicing it up.” Continue reading “Everything Is Miscellaneous” →

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