> “Think like a librarian,” I feel like "thinking" is something that we've to a large degree lost with the Internet, social media, and now LLMs and the like. M

> “Think like a librarian,” I feel like "thinking" is something that we've to a large degree lost with the Internet, social media, and now LLMs and the like. My 12 year old son -- a good boy who does well in school but not exceptionally studious by any means -- is I think rather typical of his generation, and a common reply I get from him when I mention anything that requires deeper thought or effort: "that's too much work, just ask __ (chatbot of choice)". Maybe I'm just an "old boomer" as he (affectionately) calls me (I'm gen-X but "boomer" seems to be gen-Z slang for anyone over 40, besides the fact that NO ONE SEEMS TO REMEMBER THAT THERE A WHOLE F*ING GENERATION BETWEEN BOOMERS AND MILLENNIALS (but I digress), but I do worry that something very important is being lost - and I'm not quite sure how to prevent that other than living off the grid or something (which would quite literally kill my children -- as we were driving through the countryside the other day the same 12 year old exclaimed in only half-joking horror -- how can people live out here? do they even have internet?