It’s the desire for self delusion. I remember back in the first days of the internet. I lived in typical small town with the typical small town attitudes about new things.
To me, what was coming was as obvious as water being wet. Not that I’m any smarter than the average bear or Nostrodomous, but simply by critical/logical thought and extrapolation. But lots of people the world over, to this day, in the midst of the wonders it created, still can’t grasp the thing. Witness the GOP refusal to use it to their benefit while the Dems own that ‘space’ (god I hate that term but it fits I guess). Same for Blockbuster, Best Buy and Barnes and Noble. Buggywhipping themselves to death.
I see people in general like that. Ostrich syndrome, Frog in a pot, many terms for it. But they will go down with the ship rather than use the tools they have to their advantage...or use the tools at all.
I used the net as an example because it is the collected knowledge of the world at a mouse click. Anywhere, anytime. Sure, I’m a gamer and ‘waste time’ like everyone. But over the years I have read and researched and learned so much. Orders of magnitude more than my grandparents ever had available to them.
But people fear knowing more than learning. Because if you don’t ‘know’, you can keep pretending that a thing really isn’t a thing and is in fact some other thing entirely.
War, Muslims, Ebola, RINOs, Govt...pick any of a million and there is a fan club devoted to denying it is what it’s actions show. They could easily know. They could easily learn. But then they’d ‘know’. And the pretending would have to stop.
/rant
Sure, I’m a gamer and ‘waste time’ like everyone. LOL- how many us waste time here- everynight or morning.
I am amazed at collected knowledge on the web, I am constantly amazed when I need some bit of info- just open the browser and find.
The shear volume of information probably exceeds all the knowledge in brick and mortar libraries.
I like you have thirst for knowledge, and what a resource the web.
Yes you are right
Interesting post....your “rant”! <8^)
I also use the internet primary for learning and researching... Don’t forget how useful youtube for instructional guy type videos on fixing and repairing everything. Plus youtube for seeing old music and videos from your favorite artists of the past. “Everything” is on yourtube