• Information is created in large quantities every day.

    • Observing the new book section of a bookstore month by month is very revealing.
  • It is physically impossible to input all of that large amount of information to yourselfCognitive limitations

  • So you need to make a choice.

  • However, I cannot properly select information in areas that I am not familiar with. Because I do not have the criteria to judge whether it is good or bad.

  • The downside, of course, is that the situation at the time it was written and the situation today may have changed

  • Does not work well in fast changing areas

  • But isn’t it bad to invest in it in the first place because of the obsolescence speed of knowledge in fast changing fields?


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