Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is a big difference between stupid and ignorant. A very clever person can end up making very bad decisions if they have been badly informed/educated and left ignorant of facts. In the case of a stupid person they won?t understand or necessarily follow information, whether it is correct or wrong. So informing them does not really help. Or at least that is the distinction as I see it. > On 29 Mar, 2015, at 21:12, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > To me it seems pretty obvious but lets just say its my opinion that the > internet is a boom for culture. And I find it absurd the statement that > because of the internet " it impossible to do most creative things except > for free," I wonder who you could substantiate claim like that when the > evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. I would call the internet a boom > for culture. A boom for getting smart; Being tasteful, informed. Access > even > the most obscure information in seconds. My what a nightmare! > I pity the poor people who have to come up with an excuse for being stupid > and tasteless in today's world. > I'd keep typing but instead I'm going to Google/Wiki nineteenth century > cameras I'd heard the centers for making these camera were in Paris and > London but I wanted to find out when it hit the US and NY as in up state > NY. > I'm glad I don't have to be spending the day in the library not finding > much > of anything on it. The Dewy decimal system was never for me. > > I think in today's world its hard to come up with an excuse to be stupid. I > think it takes a rare talent to be out of the loop.