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speeding_snail · 4462 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On (Hint: Sexism) - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic
That is pretty much what happens nowadays. Instead of thinking or forgetting about a small fact, we now look them up. Try imagining you would look everything up in the encyclopaedia during a conversation. Takes the speed out of it.
thenewgreen · 4462 days ago · link ·
My grandparents always had an encyclopedia and a dictionary within arms reach of their dinner table. I recall them using it several times a meal during conversations. Great memories.
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speeding_snail · 4462 days ago · link ·
Seriously? My grandparents also had an encyclopaedia near the dinner table, but they never used it. And I mean never. I think I was the only one who opened it at all...