In reply to a social media post with grammatical errors, Roberta posed the question “What is the world coming to?”. A common enough question, used rather lightly, echoed by more than a few generations. However what it really evoked in me was that maybe it’s less “what is the world coming to?” but more “what has the world always been and is only now being brought to light through so many publicly accessible social media forums”.
There’s always always pros and cons, especially to the expanse of information, and more specifically the hyper-access provided by the phenomenon that is the Internet. It’s something I love about studying librarianship. Being stewards of information, I stand firmly behind the benefits that come from efforts that further unbiased and open access to information. Even if one of the downfalls of this wide open access is that the information to be found is less desirable or less advantageous than we would like it to be.
Such as the truth that most of the people you know in your little bubble of life are relatively undereducated, terribly narcissistic individuals who don’t actually know, or more likely know but don't respect the English language and their intellectual presentation enough to actually pay attention to, the difference between they’re their and there. Maybe it’s not the ruin of this generation, but the truth that has always been and is just now being revealed.
