We keep hearing how our appetite for information has changed. Some say the web has reduced us to consuming it in bite-sized chunks. We read about more but understand less.
Is this really a new development? I read somewhere (link coming soon!) about how 17th century thinkers kept ‘common notebooks’, collecting diverse ideas together. They also skimmed each others’ works, perhaps in the way that you’re skimming this post.
I’ll try to use this blog as a compendium, jotting down ideas and reflections as they come. I’ll try to find links of interest, and hopefully something new to say…
Watch out too for college notes- I don’t know if putting them here will help my studies, but it’s worth a try!
things that might have been otherwise 