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 librarian in my late 30s, I'll point out that not only did librarians and library workers provide help in finding information, but people were well-read and were themselves sources of information. People read lots of books, studied, did research, and were generally much more intelligent than the current generations. Knowledge is not just a collection of facts, it is more than the sum of the facts that you have collected.
People read lots of books, studied, did research, and were generally much more intelligent than the current generations.
I know its fashionable to lament the passing of the educated age, but I doubt it. A hundred years ago? Except for the upper classes, I suspect most people were too busy working in the coal mines or harvesting cotton to become lay scholars. And forget about 300 years ago.
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Just as an example, say I wanted to know why some people have two differ
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I know its fashionable to lament the passing of the educated age, but I doubt it. A hundred years ago? Except for the upper classes, I suspect most people were too busy working in the coal mines or harvesting cotton to become lay scholars. And forget about 300 years ago.