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[Obligatory Monty Python reference] Pen and paper? Luxury! We had to walk 40 miles to the bookstore, in the desert, at night, memorize the solutions, walk back,
by dvirsky 10y ago
[Obligatory Monty Python reference] Pen and paper? Luxury! We had to walk 40 miles to the bookstore, in the desert, at night, memorize the solutions, walk back, and be on time for school I tell you!
- matwood 10y agoHaha, I certainly was not walking uphill both ways, and the bookstore was only about a 20 minute drive away :) But I do think older people have a certain appreciation for the internet and the likes of Google moreso than younger people. There was a time not long ago when every piece of information was not immediately accessible in my pocket. My grandparents had an actual encyclopedia set that was treasured along with their 100s of issues of National Geographic. Of course not everything is rainbows and butterflies today, but the world as a whole is better than what it was. People have access to opportunities that were never thought possible before. Pretty amazing really.