I think it’s more productive to ask, “why would someone attribute a different value to learning about the geography, architecture, and language of a region vs.

I think it’s more productive to ask, “why would someone attribute a different value to learning about the geography, architecture, and language of a region vs. learning about the characteristics of the hardware and software one specific company used to take a picture of it?” I think asking that question helps move past the surface question of how information was learned (memorization) to the core issue of which learning we value and why.