Education

Where we once had to invest in learning something, we can now afford to retain it only as long as necessary - reacquiring it is only a couple of clicks away.

Who hasn't had to look up something again that they only just learned a week or so earlier? I'm as guilty as anyone and don't know if it is attributable to age-related memory loss or the now effortless ease to learn it in the first place. And that's where the danger is too I think. Homogenized, easily available information also lends itself to a decline in critical thinking skills. I'm fortunate in having tons of experience in many different things along with an intact and healthy curiosity, but have to increasingly work at not taking things at face value.

Thanks for the post.