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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

The idea is very different than the reality. The freedom of information, communication, and variety are so much better now.

Need a job, get a newspaper for classified ads and take whatever you can get, or start calling friends and networking when you're lucky to get a voicemail.

Want to unwind and watch something? You can spend all evening flipping through channel after channel of garbage.

Need to learn something, prepare to spend days going to different public libraries to find anything useful. Most people don't learn anything. Most people's only adult social connection is though religion. It is a small dumb world where I grew up.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I called my grandfather when I wanted to learn something. The library was the backup if he didn't know. He was a well educated engineer, and my grandmother also had a university education and an excellent knowledge of literature.

I wouldn't mind killing off social media, but I have offline copies of Wikipedia for a reason. That shit is important.

[–] nieceandtows@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I used to send emails to libraries for information on a certain topic and got back lots of information

[–] fuzzzerd@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you get an email address for a library that is actually monitored by a human that would respond?

[–] nieceandtows@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Libraries provide it as a free service. It’s called virtual reference. Here is one such service I found by searching.

https://askalibrarian.org/

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