Educational Quote: Drowning in Information, Starving for Knowledge

February 27, 2008 1 min read

Today I would like us to ponder this famous quote by a Yale University librarian:

"We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge."

– Rutherford Rogers

These words were said decades ago, and they are even truer today. We now have access to loads and loads of information; the indexed web alone contains billions of pages. Considering all of this, one has to ask: has this overflow of information really made us more knowledgeable?

I personally do not think so, because knowledge does not equal information. Do you agree with the quote, or do you disagree?

For more words of wisdom about learning, see our collection of education quotes.

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