Earlier this week, a friend told me he went bowling. It made me realize own long it's been since I've played bowling. Remembering my young days, when you had a pencil and a sheet of paper to keep the score. Other than make me feel old, it made me realize that no body does that anymore. It's all done for you!
Honestly, who knows how to keep bowling score these days?
We have all the information of the world at our finger tips. Of course, if I ask you how to calculate bowling score, in a few second you have it in front of your eyes and 2 minutes later you know all about it. Because it is so easy to find information. But who bothers to find information about things they don't have to? That they don't need? Yes, some people do. Because that is their way to feel good, to be happy. But for the rest we don't really care how butter is made. I only need to know where to buy it. Same goes for bowling score, it's done automatically so why learn to do it?
Maybe it's just me but I feel like way back, people knew a lot more "important" stuff. Yes, that's the way it is. We need to know how to use computer and they didn't have a need for that.
Bottom line, I don't think we're more or less smart. We have different needs. We adapt to our needs.
Another good friend posted this on his Facebook. It's a really interesting video about how to build an igloo. What struck me is when they mention that the best architects in the world tried and could not find a more efficient way to build an igloo. Some folks with no mathematical degrees or masters, who probably couldn't read not just found a way to build an igloo but found the BEST WAY KNOWN TO MANKIND of building an igloo. Impressive!
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