We live in a world where it’s very easy — and getting increasingly easier — to find information.
You don’t understand something in a TV show? Go online, someone has already explained it. You’re stuck in a video game? YouTube has a 30-second video showing the exact moment you’re struggling with. You have a question? The internet and AI are at your service. You want to start a new hobby? All the information and communities you need are one tap away.
The interconnectivity of it all is amazing. You can find almost anything in a split second. But there is another side to this coin.
The moment you look something up, you are no longer alone with your own curiosity. You are surrounded by tutorials, opinions, best practices, mistakes to avoid, and people showing you how it should be done.
Yes, it’s incredibly convenient. It gives you a great jumpstart, and you learn a lot.
But it also makes me wonder what happens to the messy part of learning. The part where you try something before you know how it’s supposed to be done. The part where you make obvious mistakes, develop your own taste, and slowly figure things out through trial and error. I can’t shake the feeling that something gets lost along the way.
Instead of experiencing it ourselves, we outsource that experience to someone else, and it makes me wonder: where is the thin line between discovery and imitation?
Anyway, here is my sourdough from today. Pita Pan is almost one month old!
