{"product_id":"9781847927323","title":"Cunning Folk","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout Cunning Folk By Tabitha Stanmore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes?here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things – no need for maths, no need for map reading, no need for memorisation – are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAddressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion – from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundaneum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"READERS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43217547264115,"sku":"9781847927323","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/81Vv9T8kt1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1753440391","url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/products\/9781847927323","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}