with all the free knowledge you can get online, why do we have more problems?

[Slightedge]

With the booming of free knowledge on the net thru youtube, Ehow, google, yahoo, metacafe, Tony Robbins board, and this board, why do we have more problems like Obesity, Ppl broke more than ever and the divorce rate is higher than ever at 1 out of 2 couples end up in divorce in the states. What gives?

are you surprised?

[Slightedge]

:-)

[erics19]

Originally Posted by Slightedge

With the booming of free knowledge on the net thru youtube, Ehow, google, yahoo, metacafe, Tony Robbins board, and this board, why do we have more problems like Obesity, Ppl broke more than ever and the divorce rate is higher than ever at 1 out of 2 couples end up in divorce in the states. What gives?

are you surprised?

I often use Youtube, Google, Yahoo, etc. to entertain myself rather than to educate myself. Especially Youtube, it's very distracting. I would end up spending more time watching trivial videos rather than spending more time with my family members.

[curiouslyrandom]

with all the free knowledge you can get online, why do we have more problems?

Because most of it is cr@p?

Also, you're assuming those problems didn't exist before the internet. They most certainly did. People are lazy and will often take the easiest path to what they want. That often means making poor decisions, not asking the right questions, or bothering to find out the truth.

[Slightedge]

Originally Posted by erics19

I often use Youtube, Google, Yahoo, etc. to entertain myself rather than to educate myself. Especially Youtube, it's very distracting. I would end up spending more time watching trivial videos rather than spending more time with my family members.

have you seen the one where this girl and her friends were at a jacuzzi and she ends up accidentally doing #2? Classic..

[ChrisGinsburg]

Because our minds are already set up with the answers. Nothing you read or discover is truly "new". In essence, what most people need is to sort through the knowledge they possess and effectively throw out some of it so that they can focus on what is important. Information is good, but it is not a substitute for going out, living and learning your own lessons.

[Gemmacat]

Information is not everything. Taking action is whole different story from just learning about something or what you need to do.

[Federer]

Originally Posted by Gemmacat

Information is not everything. Taking action is whole different story from just learning about something or what you need to do.

exactly. If a person don't act after reading, understanding, then how s/he can understand the matter is not true or not. It is for them or not. What to decide?? Action is the point you have to follow here. If you don't act you'll get nothing.

[Excellent Lodestar]

Originally Posted by Slightedge

With the booming of free knowledge on the net thru youtube, Ehow, google, yahoo, metacafe, Tony Robbins board, and this board, why do we have more problems like Obesity, Ppl broke more than ever and the divorce rate is higher than ever at 1 out of 2 couples end up in divorce in the states. What gives?

Because people are looking for "it" outside of themselves.Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.

[Federer]

Originally Posted by excellent lodestar

because people are looking for "it" outside of themselves.nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.

+1

[relaXman]

with all the free knowledge you can get online, why do we have more problems?

Because we try to learn all the knowledges without selection, our minds became garbage box and we can't learn any special knowledge completely,

Because we spend almost all our times with searching web, we haven't time to practise,

[Angelique]

So we can learn more.

[curiouslyrandom]

It's kind of like standing in a library and asking why people are so stupid.

Quality vs. quantity. Which would you trust more, an actual peer-reviewed journal, or a Wikipedia article?

As for the divorce rate, there are some serious marriage myths that I wish more people would educate themselves about, namely the whole history of marriage in general. It's continually evolving and has never been static. Divorce has been around as long as... well, as long as marriage has.

Just rambling here. I think the coffee is starting to wear off.

[ZephyrusX]

Originally Posted by Slightedge

With the booming of free knowledge on the net thru youtube, Ehow, google, yahoo, metacafe, Tony Robbins board, and this board, why do we have more problems like Obesity, Ppl broke more than ever and the divorce rate is higher than ever at 1 out of 2 couples end up in divorce in the states. What gives?

are you surprised?

Because information doesn't tell us how we ought to be living our lives. People do not passively absorb information. They filter it and morph it into something that relates to their values and preconceptions and this can be an exploratory process. Besides that, having access to free knowledge doesn't necessarily mean you know how to access good quality information.

[Richful]

To take things slightly off topic...

I find the internet is a great tool for information I need. Forums on specific topics like cars, electronics, computers, magick, etc. all allow me to get information on something specific I need to know to take action on. I've done soooo many repairs from info of the net that would have taken ages otherwise. Images/Video just makes it even easier: Here's exactly how to do ______, Awesome!

[Auric]

because not every body has got access to the internet and those which do
are too consumed with entertainment which fulfills us in the short-term but doesn't provide any integral value. The second component is that the internet is full of so much information that many people find it difficult to find where to start without being 'suckered' into some marketing scheme.

The third component is that information is simply information. Without the means
to execute it, you could have all the answers to the world.. but not the courage
to practice it's required steps.


In return:

People are consumed an habit by entertainment and conditioned into living into it
Those who do want to make a change don't know where to start

and those who do start don't execute they're actions or plans




Theres ALOT of other things, but these are the common ones from my personal experiances

[Manipulator]

Because access to knowledge is useless without taking a genuine active interest in it. You can drag a horse to water but you can't make it drink it unless it's thirsty.

Additionally, the amount of free information available to us is paralyzing. When you have an abundance of choice, you simply do not know where to begin. The ones who succeed are the ones who know what they want, and ruthlessly pursue it.

[billionairekid]

Originally Posted by relaXman

with all the free knowledge you can get online, why do we have more problems?

Because we try to learn all the knowledges without selection, our minds became garbage box and we can't learn any special knowledge completely,

Because we spend almost all our times with searching web, we haven't time to practise,

I would agree with this. For me personally, I found the self help genre 4 years ago. I stumbled upon a vast array of knowledge compeltely new to me. My mind went crazy with fantasies of all I could do with that knowledge. I spent 3 years learning and got no where. For the last year I've spent my time using what I've learned and finding out that I did more damage than good. It's taking a lot to sort through what I "know" to find what's useful.

I often feel overwhelmed by the immense amount of knowledge I posses and the lack of results I've produced (or not produced lol).

[billionairekid]

Originally Posted by curiouslyrandom

It's kind of like standing in a library and asking why people are so stupid.

Quality vs. quantity. Which would you trust more, an actual peer-reviewed journal, or a Wikipedia article?

As for the divorce rate, there are some serious marriage myths that I wish more people would educate themselves about, namely the whole history of marriage in general. It's continually evolving and has never been static. Divorce has been around as long as... well, as long as marriage has.

Just rambling here. I think the coffee is starting to wear off.

I would like to hear more about what you have to say on the topic of marriage.

[curiouslyrandom]

Originally Posted by billionairekid

I would like to hear more about what you have to say on the topic of marriage.

It's a matter of research. What is considered "normal" and "socially acceptable" in Western society (I live in the US) isn't what is "normal" or "socially acceptable" in other parts of the world, much less throughout our own (US) history.

I chaired a debate on this a few years back, so I do have a lot to say on the subject. This is perhaps not the right time or place, however, so I will forgo the discussion at this time.