对Info. Retriever们的严重警告

Peter Drucker:

你发的信息越快，收到的信息也就越多，你的转换量也就越大。有了这么多的信息在你面前，人们就有越来越多的欲望来消化这些信息，而不管这些信息的内容是多么低级。因为有大量的电子信息，人们的思想会越来越缓慢，所以信息越多越无用。

IBM的知识管理专家Laurence Prusak在HBR上一篇题为"The World Is Round"的文章中也发表了“获取信息不等于获取知识”的观点。以下引用关于这篇文章的评论：

Information, says Prusak, is a one-dimensional message bound by constraints of form--a photo, document, recipe or symphony score. It is what it is, a packaged message . But what it is not, Prusak says, is knowledge. Knowledge is the assimilation and connection of information through experience, often over the course of many years, as in the training of a surgeon or other high-skilled professionals.

Knowledge results from this assimilation and connecting of information through apprenticeship or mentoring.

Information apart from experience and insight is merely information. Knowledge occurs over long periods of time, through assimilation of information, experience and reflection. It results in deeper insight and awareness of the importance of information, and it leads to skills that surpass information itself.

It's a result of interaction and, at best, of community.

Being connected is important, but connection alone doesn't lead to the kind of knowledge that results in skill, insight, and meaningful experience.

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