When my daughter was studying the impact of the Internet on society, her college professor compared today’s world with the dark ages.  He spoke of life before the printing press, when people had no access to information and were “in the dark.”  Today we have access to way too much information, in fact we are drowning in it.  Struggling with this overload of information (covered in water) is similar to being “in the dark.”  I did not invent this concept.  I didn’t even hear the professor’s discussion.  When I googled the idea, I found an interesting article by Lawrence Murray.

One might find this idea alarming.  Certainly this world has always been full of alarming ideas.  Instead of crying out in fear, or wallowing in the negativity of what this world is coming to, I suggest focusing on what we can do to make the best of it now.  By surrounding ourselves with positive people and thinking about helping educate the next generation, we join in a fight that has gone on for centuries.  People have always worried about the youngsters.  Instead of griping about the rising water, let’s work harder to make them lifeboats.