Too Big to Know

My search for this book actually began when i was looking at a different book. Originally, when I was reading an article for another FIG class, the book "Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture" by Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green. appeared in a related readings link. I thought this could be a good choice, but decided to research the topic further. As I looked at various books on Amazon and looked at books also purchased or related to what I was finding, I stumbled across "Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room" by David Weinberger. These to books remained my top two choices for the rest of the process and ultimately, I thought that "Too Big to Know" sounded more interesting to me.

I chose this book because not only did it sound interesting, but it also covered a broader spectrum that can be applied to a myriad of subjects. This book is about how we approach knowledge itself in a new, networked society in which information travels quickly and just about anyone has the ability to generate content on the web, regardless of whether they are considered an "expert." This seemed like a type of study that interested me and that I would like to dig deeper into, which lead to my ultimate decision. below the image of the book's cover are citations for two reviews of the book that I found (although the first is very short).



"Too Big to Know; Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room." Reference and Research Book News 27.2 (2012)ProQuest. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.

Anderson, C. W. "Knowledge Has Always Been Networked: On Weinberger's 'Too Big to Know'" Yahoo Finance. The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.