Is Easier Better?
Today we get instant answers to questions over which we used to need to ponder, research, or simply wonder about. We learn less today because we receive fast answers without hard work. We wonder less because we only need check the worldwide web to know what we want to know. We don’t need to look into the night sky because we have high definition live links from deep space satellites.
What used to be a sense of satisfaction and intuitive reward for hard-earned research, often in dusty archives and libraries stacked high with books, is lost with a few words typed into a search engine.
We know more but we learn less. We gain information without wisdom. We attain answers without perspective.
No, it’s not all bad, but it’s not all good either.
Jack C. Getz
