The cyberbalkanization of trivia?

Interesting commentary. I've been away from Dan's writings for FAR too long.

danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner :: The cyberbalkanization of trivia?: "How could Trivial Pursuit survive in the age of Google? The Internet has rewritten the rules of the game. The old measure of the trivia master was how many facts he could cram into his head. The new measure is how nimbly he can manipulate a search engine to call up the answer. The ABC show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire included a lifeline called 'phone-a-friend,' in which a desperate contestant was supposed to call upon the knowledge of a smart companion. Seconds after the contestant dialed for help, you could hear the guy on the other end pecking away at a keyboard%u2014Googling%u2014and I thought, This is it. Trivia is dead."