From Thoreau to Plato many highly thought of scholars have hated new ideas. Plato rejected the idea of writing things down because he felt that it would weaken our memories. Thoreau said the telegraph was worthless and Samuel F. B. Morse rejected the telephone. Great men with great ideas who at the begining of a new time in history couldn't accept the new inventions.
Spoken language will always be the easiest thing for us to accept as humans. Just look at our legal system: you need someone to attest whethere or not a crime was commited. This is why people sometimes doubt the facts online. Although often it is the most up todate source. However the same problem them arrises that people were dealing with when writing first became a part of human life. People prefered to have human witnesses that were interactive; written documents do not respond to questions and therefore where not interactive enough for people to put their faith in them.
Since the invention of the computer there has also been skepticism; people often wondered " what are we going to do with these calculating machines". Since our world now revolves around computers we have learned to trust writing that leaves a paper trail. When people ask if librarys will become non existant I respond with a HELL NO!
Libraries are sources of history, learning and librarians have research skills many people have no idea even exist. Growing up with a librarian has always taught me to check my sources and when in doubt go to the library. There will always be people who can't accept change and we as the now generation have to keep ourselves in check with learning and keeping up as well as using the immense knowledge we learn from digital media resoucres for a better world.
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