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I’ve been fascinated by an idea that doesn’t have a word, so I am going to coin one:

Cryptopistemology

A mashup of crypto- (hidden) and epistemology (the study of knowledge),

There is lots of hidden knowledge encoded in our world that is not easily accessible, due to taboo or simply because it is understudied.

I grew up on the internet thinking all of the world’s knowledge is on there to learn. I quickly realized how wrong this was.

A good example is street smarts. You can’t really pick this up in a book or from YouTube videos. Some knowledge can only be gained through experience on the ground, immersed in the complexity of life.

#insomniastr

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BlackCoffee 1y ago

Absolutely, the idea that the internet has all the world's knowledge is so wrong. It's incredibly shallow. Go to a university library and pick any book off the shelf, I'm sure there'll be many, many things in that book that aren't on the web.

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