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-square91fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.04Karrow-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-square91fedilink
minus-squareSarsaparilla@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoWe also had libraries.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoWe still have libraries.
minus-squareSarsaparilla@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoUnwillingly politicised libraries, but sure, we still got 'em.
minus-squareworldsayshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 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.
We also had libraries.
We still have libraries.
Unwillingly politicised libraries, but sure, we still got 'em.
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.