Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Are Humans Getting More Stupid Because of Computers?" video.

  1. Hooo boy, you got that right. Not only is grammar in the dumps, but spelling, and knowing the difference between their, there and they're etc. I partly blame texting for "text speak" if you will too.
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  2. I'm old enough to remember before the internet where if you wanted to do a deep dive in something, you had to go to your local library, sometimes to look things up online via Wois, among other services, but mostly to utilize the library and its card catalogs (remember those?), the Microfiche machines (also, remember those?) and of course, at times you had to go to a basement to use the stacks, or at our library, you could go down and be in the stacks and there were tables to use, now a dumb waiter can bring up the stuff to the patron but the staff had access to the basement stacks and would bring stuff up to the front counter. Now, I can access all that online through the library's online website, including image archives. I've used these archives a lot of late for several video projects where history is the main subject, as in, seeing photos of my old community I grew up in with images going back 50+ years. Some of these were also pulled from the community's historical site for many photos. For project on the history of Christmas lights, I utilized much of the image archives at the library online and just spent time recently adding attributes and resizing for later editing. Also, being autistic, I'm more prone to do these deep dives, even if it meant heading to the library in the physical sense to gain access to historical materials. What I DO see a lot is folks not using their brains and ask questions that in many cases, a few minutes online could have gotten them the answer they were seeking easily enough. Also, common sense does seem to be lacking and scamming, while older than the hills, seems to have become much more prevalent than it used to, and most normal folks seem much more prone to fall for them, rather than critically thinking, which is something many schools are failing to teach folks. The blame is many and from many corners so no one component is at fault, but a myriad of faults that seem to be in collusion to making critical thinking be a thing of the past for many folks. The computer is not to blame, but CAN make it easier for some folks to turn off their brain than to use it for some tasks.
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