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Internet Dependency
Dec. 5th, 2010 09:41 amBeen on vacation, then sick. Haven't been around much.
Had an interesting experience with internet dependency this week. Usually when I'm thinking about things that can be bought, I use the internet to research them, even when I'm doing the mental equivalent of window shopping. However this week I was considering a service that simply isn't rated on the internet, no reviews, no nothing. And I was totally stumped. For thousands of years people were able to purchase things without instantly looking up a list of reviews and product specs. They were doing it just twenty years ago. And now, two decades later, I feel lost without access to in-depth fields of information.
This isn't one of those "kids these days" reminiscent walks through some good ol' days that never happened. We expect all kinds of things these days, flush toilets, electric lighting, indoor heating, emancipation, that sort of thing. It's not all bad. It's just amazing how fast I've become expectant that I will be able to find a huge parcel of information, and how odd I feel without it.
Had an interesting experience with internet dependency this week. Usually when I'm thinking about things that can be bought, I use the internet to research them, even when I'm doing the mental equivalent of window shopping. However this week I was considering a service that simply isn't rated on the internet, no reviews, no nothing. And I was totally stumped. For thousands of years people were able to purchase things without instantly looking up a list of reviews and product specs. They were doing it just twenty years ago. And now, two decades later, I feel lost without access to in-depth fields of information.
This isn't one of those "kids these days" reminiscent walks through some good ol' days that never happened. We expect all kinds of things these days, flush toilets, electric lighting, indoor heating, emancipation, that sort of thing. It's not all bad. It's just amazing how fast I've become expectant that I will be able to find a huge parcel of information, and how odd I feel without it.