Global Breaking News - Sunday, December 22, 2024

Britannica: Define Outdated

For generations the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a wonder — the world's knowledge on a single bookshelf. Now the touch of a finger can bring even more information instantaneously. That's why Britannica will no longer be publishing a print edition. But what will be lost beside 129 pounds of book?
Can you find that same sense of wonder online?

 더 이상 출판되지 않는 백과사전... 온라인에서 그 와 같은 경이로움을 찾을 수 있을까요?

* I'll Miss the Miscellany
I spent many hundreds of hours with those gold-embossed Britannica volumes on my lap, with pages you could actually turn, not click or swipe.
 
* The Set Is a Relic. Now We Google.
When I have needed information lately, whether about Franco-Provençal or the honey badger, an encyclopedia would have disappointed.
 
* If You Liked Britannica, You'll Love Wikipedia
The possibility of intimately knowing a vast world: that is why we read encyclopedias, and why we write them, too.
 
* Crowdsourcing Is Great, but So Are Experts
I believe all information should be as democratically available as possible, but I'm averse to it being democratically produced.
 
* Students Should Not Abandon Print
We work to create inquiry-driven critical thinking in our students while we systematically remove the tools necessary to stimulate such thought.