A breakfast & a think

I, like many others, are grateful for the invention of the Internet for it enables us to be fed with endless information & entertainment all throughout our days. Many types of researches, which in former days were done in dusty libraries engulfed in a musky scent of yellowed papers (not that I mind, I love libraries) can now be done at home at the tip of our fingers while piggybacking on neighbor’s wifi connection. We read reviews of movies & books way before we go to watch or buy them. We consult online forums for products before we zoom off to the store to purchase them. And for some, they even post life problems on Yahoo! Answers for a bunch of strangers to mock resolve.

In some ways Internet got us planning ahead for things. Not that it was bad or something. But lately I had been thinking about pursuing risks. In principle, our practice of Internet usage does not wholly allow such things. Whatever happens to pack your bags & just drive off without consulting Google maps? Buying books based on covers & synopsis at the back? Going to watch movies just because the typography on the poster caught your attention? Trying out new types of dish?

You know, just something I thought over breakfast this morning.