Potentially, Kids Could Get Smart

I was thinking about Internet privacy earlier in the day. Although a noble concept it never really existed but in theory for many. I grew up in a town of 2,000 people. Some teachers in school had taught my mother. When I checked out a book from the town library, the one librarian knew exactly what I'd been reading (or not reading). If I dropped into the local market for food, then half the town knew what we'd be having for dinner.

Maybe it's just that I don't mind leaving a trail online. In most instances, I don't mind letting the whole world see about me. For example, when I use my Facebook pages, I try to conduct myself with the same civility as I would at a cocktail party. I don't add things that I wouldn't mind putting on a resume. Anyway, that's neither here nor there.

My reference to the town library in an earlier paragraph demonstrates how hard it used to be to get new information. I lived three miles from the Abbott Library. Now kids can sit anywhere, practically, and find anything, practically. I found a little clip of several minutes on Angkor Wat. We're going to Cambodia expressly to see it. The complex should be classed as one of the great wonders of the world, yet many people I know have never heard of it. Don't let the childlike interface of National Geographic fool you, you may learn something if you click the image.