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"Before Google the Internet was more useful" Wow, could not disagree more. It's order of magnitudes easier for me to find a good answer for virtually any question. Not to mention how much better gmail is than mail clients of old. Or google maps, my lord how it has simplified my life.

Google isn't solely responsible for this, but them and other ad-financed companies played a crucial part in building the web as we know it to day. And for me, and everyone I've ever met, the web is a lot more useful today than 15 year ago.




"It's order of magnitudes easier for me to find a good answer for virtually any question"

And as a result your ability to retain the knowledge fades. You outsource your memory and ability to think at your own peril, my friend.


I'm not sure how you can have this opinion unless you've only ever used google search as a basic calculator or spell-checker.


I don't find Google results to be noticeably different from other search engines. For many types of questions wolframalpha is a much better option.




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