I’ve actually gotten more informed since the net, and Google’s a part of that. I regularly look up definitions on it, books connected to subjects I’m interested in (17th century books) information about politics, news, etc.
Google is a help in all this.
http://www.lexrex.com/informed/otherdocuments/thelaw/thelaw.htm
All should read who haven’t.
This is who he was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat