Ranting: Age of Information

The more we know, the less we understand. How trues is this statement in today's world?

Humanity is a race that is based on culture, it's how we differentiate ourselves from other species. Culture, along with knowledge, is something that's accumulated over the ages. Already, more years of education are necessary for us to know sufficient informations to function as truly useful member of society. Already some areas, where the information is more obtruse and less used, are glossed over then forgotten because they're not that frequently used anymore, and humans only have a set amount of time to learn, to live.

Time is a limited resource. Humans have accumulated so much that there's more to digest mentally than anyone would ever have time for. Impressive, but also melancholy. As people have hypothesized all life with limited time span lives.

And so, along with neglected arts, what's left is shortened and crammed in. Information rained and no time is allowed for understanding, only absorption for recalling those information in the future. Barely enough time for the people to take that information and make it their own. In the age of information, the foremost definitng characteristics are uncertainty, ambiguity, and, of course, speed.

Rather ironic, isn't it?



[edit 19 09: In response to Lucy's comment]

I looked for you afterschool, couldn't find you, thought about it for a while and reasoned that the chances of you managing to get my pan picture with the presence of Emmert is around null, went, got my cap and gown from the theatre, waited with Ashley and got my pan pic, and asked about the sign-out form while I was there...so I'm more or less set. Thanks though! :-) Bureaucracy always did interfer...
(As for why I'm not sending this to you in an email--wouldn't want to clutter up your inbox more than I need to now, would I?)

On a note that's unrelated to the unrelated note--the pan picture makes me think of a mini-"where's Waldo" game. Sin Waldo, of course.