[SIGCIS-Members] New Cortada Book

[Jeffrey Yost]

Congratulations Jim from all of us at CBI!  I had the privilege of being
able to read this highly insightful book early, in doing a back cover
blurb. Highly recommended!!

Best, Jeff

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*Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. *
*Director, Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture*
*Research Professor, History of Sci., Tech., Med., University of Minnesota*

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM James Cortada via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

> I wanted to share with my colleagues that Bloomsbury Publishing has just
> published my new book about information.  This one is about tacit
> knowledge.  I have completed another book, *Beyond the Facts. *This one
> is about tacit knowledge—what we learn through experience that remains in
> our subconscious until we need to use it.  People know more tacit
> knowledge (wisdom) than explicit knowledge (facts, data, etc.).  Tacit
> knowledge is difficult to explain and now with AI consuming so much
> explicit information, we need to better understand tacit forms so that we
> can appreciate its relationship to AI and explicit knowledge.  I
> integrated findings of brain scientists and the thinking of philosophers
> into a short book that describes tacit knowledge and how it is normally
> applied.  I want to increase awareness of the vast amount of information
> and wisdom that we stockpile between our ears.  Attached is a coupon for
> a discounted price for the book, if ordered directly from the publisher.
> If you read the book, please give me some feedback, because this is a
> really hard topic to understand and I will probably have to keep working on
> it.  Jim Cortada
> [image: Screenshot 2025-09-08 at 8.12.43 AM.png]
>
> --
> James W. Cortada
> Senior Research Fellow
> Charles Babbage Institute
> University of Minnesota
> jcortada at umn.edu
> 608-274-6382
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