The Age of External Knowledge - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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But now, anyone with good critical thinking skills and the ability to focus on the important information can retrieve it on demand from the Internet, rather than her own memory
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human memory will no longer be the key repository of knowledge, and focus will supersede erudition
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how well an employee can focus might now be more important than how knowledgeable he is