Information Literacy Changes Our Perception of the World

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The easy access to searchable information and the understanding of what it means to be information literate fundamentally changes our interaction with the knowledge world. Kids nowadays can easily fact-check conversations at the dinner table using their phones, challenging and questioning information. This ability to look up information changes the way we think about knowledge and has a significant impact on various aspects of our lives.

Dan Russell spent 17 years working at Google, with a significant part of that tenure as a Search Anthropologist: “someone who tries to understand how people search, what kinds of things they seek, and how their tools influence their search process.” Dan is the author of The Joy of Search, which is the focus of our conversation today.

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