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Topical Currents

Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data

05/23/16 - Monday’s program is with University of Connecticut philosophy professor Michael Patrick LynchHe examines the effects of information so easily gleaned in the Internet Age.

We used to say, “seeing is believing.”  Now it’s “I Googled it!”

Lynch has written, THE INTERNET OF US:  Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data.

That’s Topical Currents . . . Monday at 1PM.

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