TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > >> You just think you can evaluate things because you have Google. >> You mistake information for context and it makes you feel smart >> when you are clueless. >> > > Excellent point. > > Google is like the curtain that the "wizard" hides > behind in The Wizard Of Oz. And the person behind > the curtain *likes* the curtain and *hates* "Pay > no attention to the man behind the curtain" because > the curtain hides the fact that there was never ary > reason why anyone *should* have paid attention to > him in the first place. The only thing he's *ever* > done is sit behind a curtain and Google shit. :-) > > There are whole generations of people now who don't > feel that there is any difference between "Live" and > "Memorex." When it comes to searching for information > to bolster their rants, prejudices, and to help them > "win" their petty tyrant battles, Google is *enough* > for them to consider themselves an expert, someone > who *should* be paid attention to. >
Whatever happened to casual conversation? We seem to be in an age of "exactitude" where everybody so concerned that they may be wrong about something they spend time looking stuff up on Google before they post. Imagine if we were trying to have a conversation around a table in restaurant or bar this way. Everyone would be jumping on their laptop, tablet or smartphone before they said a word.
