tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post1649445011223588653..comments2009-11-02T10:48:14.426-06:00Adam Keiperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06148591564156720438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post-85731577370270858962009-11-02T10:48:14.581-06:002009-11-02T10:48:14.581-06:00The Greenspun post is one of the more disturbing I&#39;ve come across recently. Only in the bubble of the blogosphere would someone come to believe that becoming &quot;an expert personal computer and network administer&quot; is the best way to guarantee one&#39;s social value into old age. <br /><br />Do these bloggie/twitter folks truly believe that knowledge consists of random access to disconnected facts? I&#39;ll take a mind schooled and disciplined by a lifetime of reading over Wikipedia any day. <br /><br />Thomas Fuller: &quot;Once a dunce void of learning but full of books flouted a libraryless scholar with these words: &#39;Salve, doctor sine libris.&#39; But the next day the scholar coming into this jeerer&#39;s study, crowded with books; &#39;Salvete libri,&#39; saith he, &#39;sine doctore.&#39;&quot;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com