Information Age

The Information Age. Many people say that is where we are now. Ok. How 'bout this...in some cases there is a lot of information going on...but no actual attempt to help. Most recent case in point. Bill Nye the Science Guy collapses at a talk he was giving at USC. Eventually, "paramedics and safety officers responded", but no students sitting in the audience made any attempt to help him or find out what was wrong. Instead there was a second by second account - several different ones, actually - being Tweeted. Source.

Here's something...in the US, if there are plans to build a 15-story hotel, there are truckloads of information about it involved, from blueprints to building permits to insurance coverage, maybe a feasability study, and after many months, someone may actually break ground to start building. With luck, in maybe a couple of years you might see a completed hotel. These people put up a 15-story hotel in 6 days. A "a soundproofed, thermal-insulated structure reportedly built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake", building. SIX DAYS, start to finish. If anyone wonders why China will very soon overtake the US and all other nations as far as actually DOING things instead of having information about doing things...this is why. Source.

Information is cool...vital...absolutely necessary. But until/unless someone uses the information at some point to DO something, all the information in the universe isn't worth a fart in the wind.

By the way, does anyone other than Shelli read these things any more? Just checking. Does anyone know of an equivalent of kudos over here....anything at all to say I was here?

TRB