We live in the epoch of the information explosion. The amount of various information in the world increases with the speed of an avalanche crashing down from a summit. And sometimes it seems that this process is going to be endless. But that’s not all — when acquiring new knowledge our picture of the world changes too. The compass no longer points north, cockroaches don’t survive in a nuclear war, and the blue whale loses its title as the biggest creature on Earth.
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