Technology really does not make us "better" people. The Internet is filled with knowledge. As a child I completely enjoyed trips to the library where I was able to sit and simply read books that expanded my knowledge. My mother would take me at least once a week and let me sit for a few hours just reading whatever struck my fancy.
Imagine our circumstance now - much of what is available in a small town library is freely available online. A person can search, seek and come to an understanding of almost any issue or subject matter. You can learn philosophy, history, mathematics and science to a degree an undergraduate in, say, 1970 would have struggled to grasp. It only takes diligence, care and determination.
So what do we do with this wonderful tool?
in 2006 the top Google searches were as follows:
1. Bebo
2. MySpace
3. World Cup
4. Metacafe
5. Radioblog
6. Wikipedia
7. Video
8. Rebelde
9. Mininova
10. Wiki
The top news searches of 2006 were dominated by celebrity, illness, tragedy and the bizarre.
Orlando Bloom was the second most searched for item on Google News, followed by cancer, podcasting, hurricane Katrina and bankruptcy.
Google was asked a lot of questions in 2006 and the most popular "Who is....?" question was about Borat, the TV and film character created by Sacha Baron Cohen. (BBC)
Imagine that, we are as stupid online as we are in real life.
No comments:
Post a Comment