As is shown in the picture, a man in 1987 who wanted to acquire the knowledge that he needed had to look up in abundant related books. However, in nowadays, the man’s grandson is much easier to get information merely through the Internet. Only with key words can he have large sums of information no matter whether it is useful for him.
These two pictures above show us that from the word “look up” to the word “search”, the way that people acquire information and knowledge has changed greatly. The thirty years of the Reform and Opening-up witnessed so many differences in the society. People become to depend on the Internet increasingly. The development of computer and Internet make our life more convenient.
In my opinion, the advance of technology also makes us lose something. We no longer carefully read the classical master pieces and as information can be acquired so easily that we don’t have the happiness of searching process. Well, in spite of these weaknesses, the trend of the development of science and technology would not be reversed. |