I recall (and not so fondly) the days of researching papers for class. Those days were spent in a large room. A very large room. A very large room full of books. Most of those books were not what you needed at that moment in time. In fact, after you had acquired the skills to open a mini-file-cabinet full of recipe cards (if you're under 25 you probably have no idea where this is going) and then itemizing a row, shelf and other coordinates, and then finding your way to those coordinates, you would find the book you needed was taken out already. It was probably not returned. Years ago. Because the library [lahy-brer-ee, from Old French librairie, from Medieval Latin librāris, n use of Latin librārius relating to books, from liber book] was the only local, easy access source of knowledge for inexperienced little minds.
There was no such thing as smart-phones with wikipedia. Those were called Encyclopedias and they required hours of perusing, again, if they were there.
So the joy of taking on something new in modern times is the ease of acquiring information. For example, take veganism - a much and oft misunderstood practice (or lack thereof), that is actually easily interpreted with three easy steps:
1. Log in to Twitter, search "Vegan" and Follow every single person in the search result. Or try to. It's time consuming to click Follow. Imagine how many calories you can burn doing this! CARDIO!
2. Peruse your list of tweets. UnFollow inappropriate or useless twits... er twitterers. Favorite the tweets that you like. Retweet the ones you reeeeeaaaally like.
3. Bookmark any interesting websites or otherwise info you come up with for later or revisitation.
As easy as One, Two, Twee! (Yeah, I know.)
If you're unsure where to start, Follow me on Twitter at @fatguygoesvegan and I'll set your course!
FatGuy
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