Special is a relative term, and the thing is that what makes one person feel special, is a skill another takes for granted.
I'm another one of those folks that, if I don't know something, I either know where to find it or who to ask. And I have found that, even with the advent of the 'Net, people still ask me things.
My friend, sue_librarian, is inundated daily with requests for information.
I think that, rather than the specialness fading, it is mutating. There are still may people for whom any but the most rudimentary computer skills seem to be beyond their reach. And to them, people like us will always be special.
It's not so much that we are no longer special, but that our friends are catching up to us, and becoming special in that regard, too.
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I'm another one of those folks that, if I don't know something, I either know where to find it or who to ask. And I have found that, even with the advent of the 'Net, people still ask me things.
My friend,
I think that, rather than the specialness fading, it is mutating. There are still may people for whom any but the most rudimentary computer skills seem to be beyond their reach. And to them, people like us will always be special.
It's not so much that we are no longer special, but that our friends are catching up to us, and becoming special in that regard, too.