Suppose, just for the sake of argument, that all of the information on Wikipedia was in your head as instant recall. Any factoid — whether famous birthday, significant historical event, geographic location or anatomical nomenclature — as well as any scientific explanation, economic theory or notable literary quote and its associated meaning, would be right there in your head, without needing to be looked up.<\/p>\n
What would this change? Would it mean that we work differently, play differently, socialize differently? Would we remain fundamentally the same as a social species, or would there be a radical shift of some sort?<\/p>\n
I don’t know the answers, but I suspect that these are going to become important questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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