Observation

As I was listening to a radio program the other day, I was distracted for a few seconds and missed what the person on the other side of the speakers said.  Instinctively, I started to reach for something. A remote control, a button of some sort, to rewind...the radio!  I then caught myself and got to thinking.  I realized how spoiled I had gotten with the TiVo, the DVD player, the MP3 ,the IPod, and all these technological gadgets have to offer in allowing us control and manage the information we receive.  Compared to just a few years ago, it is amazing how convenient and easy it has gotten to gather information, if you look for it.  And then there is the computer and the different search engines that place information at the tip of your fingers, literally.  'Google it' has become part of the new English language colloquialism, like 'Xerox it'.    

And yet, why does it seem like people in general are not more informed than before? Now, I don't mean to sound condescending here, but I just could not help notice that people in general, especially in the US, are not well informed.  You would think that in this digital age where information is seemingly at the tip of your fingers, people would armed with all the important and necessary info that is crucial to make decisions that affect their daily lives.  I understand there are just as many technological distractions out there like, video games, movies, junk TV shows etc.  So, is the issue the ability to pick and choose the important and useful info as opposed to numbing of the mind with trivial and useless day to day stuff?