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Pastimes : A New Era - Consider the Possibilities
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To: Barry Grossman who wrote ()11/24/1997 2:35:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland  Read Replies (3) of 272
 
It might be useful to ask whether or not the
communications revolution is really as
significant a change as some of the other
revolutions which have occurred in the last
few hundred years. I think it is not as big
as the average American with a come computer
and a dial up connection to the web thinks it
is.

The vast majority of the planet's population
are not communicating outside of their local
village...and even if they had the capability
to do so...they would probably have little to
say besides, "we had a big storm..." or "the
rice is growing well this season" or "my dog
has fleas", and chances are they would say
these things in a different language and
you would not extract any useful information
from any of their thoughts.

The greatest repository of useful information
may still be your local public library. I hope
somebody will argue with me on this...because
I have a fresh anecdote which will be fun to
post.
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