Subj : Disabled Conservative
To   : Mike Powell
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 01:06:11

Hello Mike,

>>Tech addiction.  I think that is the root cause of why
>>the world is like it is today.
>
>>With the internet, we have all become our own experts.
>>On everything.  We can diagnose our own selves, and find
>>out what is wrong with us.  And then have plausible
>>deniability when we find that we are right and everybody
>>else is wrong.
>
>>What will we do without the internet?  We would all be lost.
>>Truly lost, not knowing a thing about anything ...
>
>Not only are we our own experts, but we also have less patience when it
>comes to obtaining things like information.  Most folks are going to choose
>from one of the first choices that comes up in a google search.  If that
>choice happens to be from a less-than-reliable source, so be it.

Instant gratification.  Google it and have your answer within seconds.
You'll know it's true because you found it on the internet.  No need
to ask experts, as Mr. Google knows all.

>I did just fine back in the days of encyclopedias, libraries, and reputable
>news outlets.  It would be tougher now, I think, because those things are
>much more difficult to find/access than they used to be.

Yeah.  Nobody knows how to use those ancient tomes anymore.
Much too bulky and hard to find.  Probably kept in some vault
underneath the subways of NYC.  Besides, it's all on Google.

--Lee

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