I guess I’m curious about generations (namely GenZ and Alpha) who didn’t live in a pre-Internet time. Like,

  • How was the concept first explained to you, or when did it click?
  • Do you understand how insane it is to have the aggregate of all human knowledge — the only comparable thing once being a physical library or university — one search away? That it’s absolutely insane you can engage in a real-time conversation with someone on the opposite side of the world? That you can find niche communities in an instant?
  • Were your parents super strict about internet usage? How quickly did you find workarounds?
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    3 months ago

    Fine, “really good instructional schematics written by the book authors themselves” on how to build a house. You get what I’m saying.

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      3 months ago

      Now that you’ve chosen to say it I understand.

      I agree that the internet was much more useful in the early days. Much of that content of merit is likely still there. But, it’s much, much harder to find. One basically needs to specifically know what resources exists before searching for it.

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        3 months ago

        I agree, the good websites are far and few between. I just miss people like Sheldon Brown who poured their entire knowledge and expertise into a website out of a labour of love, rather than for profit