>Information Vs Knowledge

• Until the lens of experience focuses information, it does almost no good.
• No matter how much the marketing machines of the Information Age would have us think otherwise, information by itself isn't power: knowledge is.
• And turning information into knowledge requires more time, experience, and effort than an afternoon spent starting at a screen full of facts.
• Information is passive. To make it knowledge, you need to assimilate it. Put it in context. Understand it.
• Knowledge streamlines and focuses our relationship with information.
• Knowledge helps us avoid information we don't want or need and leaves us with the stuff we can use.
• In an age in which endless amounts of bits and bytes are always available, it's a daunting task to spot the worthwhile stuff.
• It's easy for the Net to overwhelm us or lull us into the misconception that simply having access to something is as good as knowing it. --Michael Penwarden