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Your Stories Really Don’t Matter
The world is too much in a hurry for you
The internet is basically the repository of all human knowledge. Everyone who uses it is searching for an answer, and usually quickly. It is a tool. One that is used, put back down, then back up again as needed.
Almost everyone I encounter when Googling something, ultimately comes across a blog, then says something along the lines “I don’t need your whole life story, I just need an answer”.
Sound familiar?
I know, I do it too. The days of long blog threads are fading. Some people out there still want to know why the name of their ex boyfriend’s cat led them to discover grandmas’ secret oatmeal raisin cookie recipe in the back of the abandoned church up the street. Interesting as I’m sure it is, most of us don’t.
We just want answers, we would be satisfied with a listicle or a simple picture with an arrow. I know it sounds cold hearted, but it’s the way things are going.
The world of knowledge seeking has no time for investment. The modern person wants what they want, when they want it (or sooner).
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