> I wonder if there’s an opportunity to teach a “how to search” class in schools. You could have some fun open-Google exams! I had something similar to that wh

> I wonder if there’s an opportunity to teach a “how to search” class in schools. You could have some fun open-Google exams! I had something similar to that when I was in elementary school, including comparing results across search engines. Boolean searches plus Smart Selection of keywords would quickly lead you to good sources. Sometime between when I graduated high school and 2016, most of those tricks stopped working reliably. Google, Bing, and DDG are the only games in town for the anglophone world and all three drown out the worthwhile results in reposted blog spam. Until you magically discover the shibboleth that directs you to actual information, you’re stuck in a hell of shitty how-to websites that have nearly-identical irrelevant information. It’s less hassle and more accurate (though slower and possibly outdated) to directly ask a known local expert.