Who has the valid information.....?
What is valid?
So we've questioned the validity of writing, calculators, teachers, schools and everyone who give us information....
So is the Internet the problem?
Or is it the validity of all information questionable?
It seems the medium has always been questioned yet the message remains the same - all humans hate change...
'Do smart phones create smart people?'
ReplyDeleteHammer, nail... in one!
Way to go Sally! Actually cutting through all the tripe to the real crux of the matter! You are right. People hate change! When newspapers began, they were cursed as the harbingers of doom, throw away pages of badly written trashy fiction, advertisements and gossip.
ReplyDeleteWhen printing presses were invented they were cursed for removing the nearly exclusive control of the Church over the written word, for the ability to print quickly trashy fiction, advertisements and gossip.
And now the internet is cursed for filling cyberspace with trashy fiction, advertisements and gossip!
People hate change but love faster gossip!
Thank you Claire! I am absolutely shocked I've said something that makes sense in new tech! That's it change and the Internet is the marmite of the technological world, we hate it but we bloody love it!
DeleteYes, we fear the unknown. Anything which appears to threaten the status quo - removes the barrier we build around ourselves,leaves us vulnerable. It's an atavistic fear built in through evolution.
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