thankful#75: the internet

how did people feel confident about the decisions that they made before there was such an easy way to research? people definitely didn't go to the library, check out every book (which was updated yearly, monthly, or more), and flip through thousands of pages to get to the right stuff to research every angle of the topics that are so important ... everything from which candidate truly represents your values to which foods are going to provide you with the best health and wellness to whether or not to get a flu shot and other decisions that are crucial to your family. did people really just trust everything that their doctors told them? and believe what the newspaper or news anchors reported? without question or looking into anything any further? i'm so thankful that i have such easy access to so much information. i'm thankful that i can do as much research as i want on whatever topics i want and that i can feel informed and confident about all of the decisions i make for my family and for myself.