Trivia

An interesting post on trivia.

I'm not so much interested in how well trivial pursuit is selling, but this idea of technical/specific trivia versus general trivia, to me, is an interesting angle through which to view intelligence and knowledge.

I, of course, favor the generalist idea - the concept of a renaissance man versus the concept of a technical specialist. I think the past 15 years or so has privileged the specialist, the technical, the detailed trivia versus the generalist, humanist approach to knowledge and intelligence. Maybe the internet is changing this trend. Fabulous.