I was disturbed on a lazy Sunday afternoon by a young man trying to sell Encylopedia Brittanicas. That got me wondering..does  it make sense to sell these costly, bulky books when resources such as google and wikipedia are just a mouse click away. It almost seems like a cliche…sales person selling encylopedias.

I do not know how successful this young man was in selling these books but it sure seems like a waste of time to me. Nowadays information changes so fast. Facts that were true yesterday now change almost overnight.

Knowledge has become an dynamic almost living evolving creature. Its like a giant ameoba with no fixed boundaries, shifting shape and size, assimilating more and more and ejecting some. Its self regulated, mass contributed, the wisdom of crowds.