This reminds me very much of an old movie called "Desk Set". These women are employed as people who answer the phone to give answers to seemingly random questions - fact-providers, like you were. Then one day, this guy comes in, and he's going to build a computer to make their jobs easier. They, of course, felt very very threatened - this wasn't just "something that made them special" at all; this was their LIVELIHOOD.
Of course, nobody had even dreamed of the Internet yet, but even so, the message of the movie still rings true to me - the computer is a tool, but it still needs people who know enough to know what to look for in order to make use of it :)
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Of course, nobody had even dreamed of the Internet yet, but even so, the message of the movie still rings true to me - the computer is a tool, but it still needs people who know enough to know what to look for in order to make use of it :)
I still think your gift is special, personally.