[ars]

It's an extremely insightful post! But even he is still stuck in "memorization" as shown by this little footnote:

> *true, in America shocking number of people can't tell you the name of their congressman or the capital of North Carolina.

Both of those things are utterly useless things to know. Someone once asked Einstein how many feet in a mile, and he replied that that's what almanacs are for.

[carterschonwald]

I think the reason he points this out is to illustrate the idea that the memorization isn't even necessarily directed towards information which has an direct impact on that person's life and decision making ability

[RyanMcGreal]

Almanacs: the internet of the early 20th century.