On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Bharat Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a question that has been bothering me. Ever since I learned > how to use the internet, the huge corpora of information out there in > the form of blogs, articles, journals in addition to countless books > keeps me wondering about the vast infinite knowledge out there to be > dissected. I have learned to cull various useless sources mostly > popular social media such as Twitter, Facebook (deleted account) etc. > > Given this, I'm curious, how do you guys process non-technical > information or information not related to your work, research outside > of your work hours ? > > Any insights that helped you folks to perfect the process of reading > and acquiring information better ? How long/often do you guys read > every day/week ? Please share your thoughts on this.
I've long given up structured searches except particular topics that I want. I am in the position of someone in a practically infinite library with the ability to pull out (almost) any book or manuscript that I want. I find myself happy, for the most part, with random things that come up on a "search thread" (for want of a better phrase.) Eg. I want to identify a butterfly, and get to the id; in the process I find that it's called "Idea", and I wonder what else the word means, and google (yes, it's become an accepted verb, has it not?) and so it goes. I used the example of a butterfly because the simile is apt...I flit randomly, sipping from a flower here and a flower there. The knowledge, I guess, has always been near-infinite...the major difference is that most of it is now easily accessible to anyone with a net connection. To me, this will always be the most wonderful invention of mankind...will this move us towards a collective consciousness, some time in the future? I wonder...and let me google that theory!
