Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
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Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder is a book by David Weinberger
published in 2007 (ISBN 0805080430) The book's central premise is that there is no universally acceptable way of classifying information. Starting with the story of the Dewey Decimal Classification
, Weinberger demonstrates that all attempts to classify inherently reflect the biases of the person defining the classification system.
David Weinberger
David Weinberger is an American technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto David Weinberger (born 1950 in New York) is an American technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the...
published in 2007 (ISBN 0805080430) The book's central premise is that there is no universally acceptable way of classifying information. Starting with the story of the Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification, is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.It has been greatly modified and expanded through 23 major revisions, the most recent in 2011...
, Weinberger demonstrates that all attempts to classify inherently reflect the biases of the person defining the classification system.