tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post6392827394739428561..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: Almost as important as climate change?Quiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-34839426929899505122010-09-15T23:48:27.292+01:002010-09-15T23:48:27.292+01:00From an academic point of view, she is probably co...From an academic point of view, she is probably correct. Too many people tend to take what they find on the internet at face value without question. Books had to be peer reviewed, anyone can publish on the internet. As a family historian I met someone who said "I've traced my family history back as far as possible" when she meant "I can't find any more on the internet". Rubbish, very little of mine can be found on the internet, and some of that which you can, I know to be incorrect.<br />Look up "dissertations" in Google to find the number of people prepared to write one.<br />Like all things, the internet has its good and bad sides.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-59404469516151127862010-09-15T20:39:01.918+01:002010-09-15T20:39:01.918+01:00Wot Wadsworth sed.Wot Wadsworth sed.Chucklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-11818975429763218522010-09-15T20:38:43.758+01:002010-09-15T20:38:43.758+01:00So glad I'm part of the problem.So glad I'm part of the problem.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-8790153334682160632010-09-15T20:08:17.752+01:002010-09-15T20:08:17.752+01:00Fascist Hippy beat me to it :-)Fascist Hippy beat me to it :-)Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-78494650789745810992010-09-15T18:42:29.629+01:002010-09-15T18:42:29.629+01:00She ain't convincing to me.
This review
h...She ain't convincing to me. <br /><br />This review <br /><br />http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/06/losing-our-minds-to-the-web/<br /><br />may be worth a look at. Fears about the internet’s “slow erosion of our humanness and our humanity” overlook the fact that this was happening before the internet came into existence. At the same time new info tech users “tend to seek out views that correspond with their own; they are no more knowledgeable about politics than their counterparts and, in fact, seem to be less so… they do not seem to be more likely to vote.” I’ve read other research into young people’s use of internet that tends to bear out that claim...Quodroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123842111691269665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-66938245404244768042010-09-15T18:28:52.209+01:002010-09-15T18:28:52.209+01:00She's barking. Absolutely barking.She's barking. Absolutely barking.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-91785805030041583592010-09-15T17:44:54.146+01:002010-09-15T17:44:54.146+01:00the issue of the harmful effect of the internet wa...the issue of the harmful effect of the internet was "almost as important as climate change"<br /><br />So it's not very important at all then.Fascist Hippynoreply@blogger.com