Good morning, For an upcoming paper at an Institute of General Semantics conference, I would be grateful to hear from anyone on this list of your experiences, feelings, or opinions on what, if anything, you've "lost" in this age when we can find answers and information so quickly and easily by going to Google (or to a lesser degree Wikipedia.) I am not focusing on the traditional issues or concerns like information quality, accuracy, comprehensiveness, etc., but more subtle matters, eg, if you have noticed a loss in areas like: * No more unanswered "burning questions"/less mystery in life/less wonder * Loss of what had traditionally been enjoyed/appreciated in a longer, slower research journey and process: eg fewer serendipitous discoveries? Less reflective reading with internal questions and analysis? More going on "Automatic" and less use of your own thinking and less mindfulness, etc? (Feel free to let me know too if you found there really are no losses at all from the Google research age, and that it is really primarily all to the researcher's benefit) Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences. Robert Berkman Associate Professor, Media Studies The New School, New York NY Editor, The Information Advisor www.informationadvisor.com Intelligent Agent Blog www.ia-blog.com ************** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http... y-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)