The Internet is indeed dumbing us down.

I’ll be like, “Wait, didn’t this happen already?”
Sh*t for all I knew there had been a counter-coup in Honduras. Then I remembered I was just reading the paper.

Papers are history.

Alot of stuff, even unnecessary stuff sticks, and I only have time and attention to dig deeper on the stuff that matters to me. or example, I was sorry to hear of the recent celebrity deaths, but all of the details are largely irrelevant, because dead is dead, regardless of the autopsy results.

I think people share and talk about stuff to help process it further for themselves- it’s thinking out loud, more than sharing the news itself. And I wish more news that was reported through traditional media sources added some reflection or perspective rather than mere tabloid headlines, because, hey, that’s what twitter is for, right?

Since I’ve been on Twitter, I’ve found I don’t really even need to go to news websites.

I remember a story about a waiter (before the internet) who didn’t read the news. When challenged by a businessmen how this could be – he said he heard everything he needed to from the people who came to the restaurant so why waste his time?

Einstein didn’t remember phone numbers. Why tie up brainpower when you can write stuff down?

Feel there’s some kind of parallel there. There will always be someone else quicker on the ball than me. I’ll let them do the work thanks!