. Smartphones – the “anywhere door” for knowledge acquisition

• Search engines replace encyclopedias: Google processes 8.5 billion search requests every day;
• Online education breaks resource barriers: Coursera allows African students to learn Stanford courses;
• Fragmented learning becomes mainstream: The “listen to a book every day” mode of the Get APP is adapted to the fast-paced life.

Paradox: Information overload leads to the cognitive dilemma of “knowing a lot, understanding little”.