A review by nickertz
Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up by William Poundstone

3.0

Lots and lots of facts. Did you know...? Poundstone is making an argument for knowing things even though you can look them up. He takes a long time to do it with lots of interesting anecdotes along the way. The point is still the same - Hurray for a classical education. The benefits are several among them are the facts we know provide the cultural linkage that enable conversation. E.g., if I say he's "tilting at windmills" who will understand me? Of course, there is another side to this - I can't talk with anyone who watches "reality" TV as I don't and therefore won't get the reference. Somehow I don't feel deprived.