makes it possible to manage Information one does not understand possibly producing new information as a result.
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> In chapter 2, Elena Esposito traces the proliferation of lists in digitized societies to a fact about lists known since antiquity: they make it possible to manage information one does not understand possibly producing new information as a result. […]
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List | lɪst | feminine noun Gen. List Pl. Listen 1 trick, ruse ▸ zu einer List greifen resort to a trick use a little cunning 2 (listige Art) cunning ▸ mit List und Tücke (informal) by cunning and trickery list1 | BrE lɪst, AmE lɪst | A noun 1 Liste (Fem.) ▸ publisher's list Verlagsprogramm (Neutr.) 2 in pl. ▸ enter the lists [against sb/sth] (figurative) zum Kampf [gegen jmdn./etw.] antreten B transitive verb aufführen auflisten (verbally) aufzählen ▸ listed securities/stock an der Börse zugelassene Wertpapiere/Aktien list2 A noun 1 (Nautical) (tilt) Schlagseite (Fem.) ▸ have/develop a pronounced list deutlich Schlagseite haben/bekommen 2 (of building, fence, etc.) Neigung (Fem.) ▸ develop a list sich neigen B intransitive verb 1 (Nautical) list [to port/starboard] Schlagseite [nach Backbord/Steuerbord] haben 2 ‹Gebäude, Zaun usw.›: sich neigen