Information Age

There have always been times in our history where an era has been defined by what the advancements that are happening at the time.  You have the industrial revolution which has in effect revolutionized all other advancements even to this day.  The industrial revolution started in the late 1750's and is continuing to this day be furturing the advancements in our society.  One of the advancements is our ability to be better informed about what is transpiring in our world every day.  You only have to read a paper, watch the news, or surf the internet to find out just about anything you want.  This is called the information age and it has helped make the world a smaller place.  At the same time though it has made it easier to share knowledge and also to steal that same knowledge.  You can do an internet search on just about any topic using a multitude of search engines to find out about any subject matter you are interested in.  Some of these sights are full of useful factual information and some of them are just full of jibberish.  The key is being able to tell the difference as you are researching any subject.  This information age has really brought the world to your doorstep.  During WWII you heard about the war by listening to your radio or you saw some film when you went to the theater.  It was all days old news.  During this latest War on Terror we have embedded reporters who are bringing you the fighting as it is happening.  Does that take it too far?  Are we placing our young men and women in a more dangerous situation?  Those questions are above my pay grade.  I like to be informed about the news and to keep myself up to date with what is happening in the world.  The rest of my family really doesn't care.  Unless it is affecting them they don't care.  Even while I was deployed to Iraq this last time they didn't watch the news to stay informed about what was happening over there.  I know that they care in their own way but at the same time that can be troubling to an individual because actions speak louder then words and their actions say "so what".  Enough about me though.  I just think that people should be more informed about what is transpiring in the world and have at least enough knowledge about those events that they could be proactive in a discussion instead of having that "deer in the headlights look" when you are talking about worldly events.  An informed individual is a benefit to the people around them.