The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down119
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareworldsayshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, OP is true for the small silly stuff that you wouldn’t bother looking up but for important things there were multiple ways to look stuff up. Now instead we have an over emphasis on small unimportant stuff and misinformation is rampant. Not sure that’s better.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoWe still have libraries.
minus-squareSarsaparilla@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoUnwillingly politicised libraries, but sure, we still got 'em.
We also had libraries.
Yeah, OP is true for the small silly stuff that you wouldn’t bother looking up but for important things there were multiple ways to look stuff up.
Now instead we have an over emphasis on small unimportant stuff and misinformation is rampant. Not sure that’s better.
We still have libraries.
Unwillingly politicised libraries, but sure, we still got 'em.