I agree and it’s more than a little ironic. Bizarre even. The amount of information now available through the internet is mind boggling and available with a click or two.
I was a carpenter in the ‘70s, ‘80s and into the ‘90s and fairly good at it. Learned a lot about other trades too. What I can learn now about my own trade on youtube and other websites could propel me to a far higher level in short order if I were still active in it.
That is just one example of many thousands of subjects where useful in depth knowledge is right at everyone’s fingertips. Literally.
The internet can be a great tool for learning; it is just a question of what people learn from it.