Comment by treetalker
14 days ago
Not to go off on a tangent, but I recently invested in a physical copy of the World Book Encyclopedia. It's nice to have a high probability of expertise, if not peer review, behind articles that pertain to facts that tend to change slowly. I learn faster and retain information longer when I receive it in physical form. Plus I don't have to contend with logins, ads, or the sort of interruptions/distractions that appear several times in online articles nowadays.
Even online I’ve noticed Britannica is much more fair on politically controversial topics, whereas Wikipedia is well understand to be a command post to control to influence public opinion.
I have been considering subscribing to Britannica's online version! At the price point it is probably a no-brainer, but I haven't pulled the trigger. Do you subscribe, and if so, do you find that the value justifies the price?
I do not, I just often compare their free online content to Wikipedia.
What did you most recently look up?
Information on opossums to identify the ones in my backyard, and their differences from Australian possums.
Oh… possums.
But isn’t a hardback encyclopaedia gigantic?
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