# Getting Organized in the Google Era  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Douglas Merrill and James A. Martin]] - Full Title:: Getting Organized in the Google Era - Category: #books ## Highlights > Today, when most people in developed nations have easy access to information from around the world, communication costs are cheap, and we have plenty of education options, even specialized knowledge doesn’t necessarily give you power. In fact, you may not even have to develop your own knowledge anymore. Just go on Google and borrow someone else’s. (I’m not talking about skill in this context, by the way. There will always be value in how you use the knowledge you acquire. I’m talking about the acquisition of knowledge itself.) ([Location 735](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0036S4CM0&location=735)) # Getting Organized in the Google Era  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Douglas Merrill and James A. Martin]] - Full Title:: Getting Organized in the Google Era - Category: #books ## Highlights > Today, when most people in developed nations have easy access to information from around the world, communication costs are cheap, and we have plenty of education options, even specialized knowledge doesn’t necessarily give you power. In fact, you may not even have to develop your own knowledge anymore. Just go on Google and borrow someone else’s. (I’m not talking about skill in this context, by the way. There will always be value in how you use the knowledge you acquire. I’m talking about the acquisition of knowledge itself.) ([Location 735](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0036S4CM0&location=735))