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Were you happier in the pre-internet era?

I am wondering if the pre internet era was a better time to live in.

Because nowadays friends and family seem to have less attention and care for one another.
It also seems to me that people are less passionate and i rarely see people with sparks in their eyes anymore.
This makes me wondering if these times are better or not.
And if not, do we have to do something about it?

Is this just me?
Am i nostalgic and exaggerating?
Am i living in the wrong environment?

Please let me know your thoughts on this!

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/

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    Tobias L

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    Feb 28 2013: Definitely not. I love how the Internet brings so much information to the fingertips of everyone. The problem is, we are no longer curious enough to ask the right questions.

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      Feb 28 2013: How do we keep curious in the internet era?
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        Tobias L

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        Feb 28 2013: I believe that we should stop relying on television and the internet to provide instant stimuli for our minds, and instead utilize our powerful imagination. When we read books, we are not merely "seeing" what the author sees, but form an unique idea of what the words actually mean.
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          Iulian Sociale Ingegnere

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          Mar 18 2013: Seeing a movie is like, for a kid at unproper age, a kind of eating their time and imagination by presenting to much surprising scenes in the movie in too many moments in the movies. This quick alternations of scenes and scarry also can attract a good minded person and blaze him/her in some way. Just make a survey with people on different ages asking what movies they remember and what they learned good from them. I think you will ne shcked by the results especialy on younger people. Actualy they remember few scenes and nothing important about the subject and things that they say will make them have a better life. Reading a book like aconversation too on a subject help you have your opinion and grow your imagination. Seeing a movie just make you feel confortable maybe in detriment of interaction with society if you do not discuss about.

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