'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'

Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to SPIEGEL about the place lists hold in the history of culture, the ways we try to avoid thinking about death and why Google is dangerous for young people Full Story »

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by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 17, 2009

Insightful interview with Umberto Eco about lists, books, Google and education.

SPIEGEL: Are you saying that teachers should instruct students on the difference between good and bad? If so, how should they do that? Eco: ... More »

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