[Leica] RIP, my newspaper

[Frank Dernie]

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.