Seriously. As a young scamp of 21, I find it hard to believe that anyone got anything done in any reasonable amount of time before the existence of the internet. What did people do to obtain obscure information? The only things I can think of are 1) wade through a bunch of books at the library, *praying* that one contained the tiny piece of knowledge that you needed, or 2) to find an expert in that subject. Jeez that must have sucked.
Just as an example, say I wanted to know why some people have two differ
As a young scamp of 21, I find it hard to believe that anyone got anything done [...] before the [...] internet.
[...] say I wanted to know why some people have two different colored eyes.
As a not-much-older-scamp of 30, I agree with your sentiment. Yet, in these terms, what the internet (and particularly the web) has done is more to make information accessible, not necessarily to improve general productivity (i.e., make it easier to get things done, as you write). Before the web, you probably wouldn't have needed (or even wanted) to know why some people have two different colored eyes enough to bother trying to research it. Now you do, because you can.
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Just as an example, say I wanted to know why some people have two differ
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As a young scamp of 21, I find it hard to believe that anyone got anything done [...] before the [...] internet.
[...] say I wanted to know why some people have two different colored eyes.
As a not-much-older-scamp of 30, I agree with your sentiment. Yet, in these terms, what the internet (and particularly the web) has done is more to make information accessible, not necessarily to improve general productivity (i.e., make it easier to get things done, as you write). Before the web, you probably wouldn't have needed (or even wanted) to know why some people have two different colored eyes enough to bother trying to research it. Now you do, because you can.