I was working on an essay in the library the other day and was using google for a variety of things. I used dictionary.com to look up some words and synonyms, I used google to look up Chicago style citation, and to look up some literary references, and I also used pandora to listen to music while I worked. Then I thought, geez, what did people do before the internet and especially google? Well, I guess they used real dictionaries, listened to a radio and probably had a better memory for citations and books.

It's so easy now a days to look up anything and everything on google. It's taken for granted that it's such an efficient search engine. I had no idea that search bars used to be very minimal and biased in what results they would chose to show. I use google for everything and does it a great job in supplying a ridiculous amount of information. My parents still look up things in books and the dictionary. I just go to google. It's amazing to have such a resource at hand. As students, we obviously still use actual texts and articles. But where do we usually find them? On the interwebs! I studied in India for a few months and an internet connection was hard if impossible to find. No coffee shops had wifi, hardly any homes had internet. Also, India has more restrictions on their internet than American. Sooo we're pretty lucky! Although a lack of internet forced me to use a university library often and find resources through professors instead of the internet. Perhaps there is something to be said about the extent that we use and rely on the internet. But for the most part, I feel very grateful for google/internet!