The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion separate encyclopedias, which would prevent any common understanding whatsoever.


This is Not the End of the Book: A conversation curated by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac (ed. Random House, 2011) - ISBN: 9781446468203

Umberto Eco Quotes

The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion...

The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion...

The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion...

The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion...