How was it like to study/work without internet?

¿Cómo era estudiar/trabajar sin internet?

Do you still remember how was it like to study without an internet connection?

I do. I used to limit my "learning" to the notes given by my lecturers (some of them really interesting and useful).


Often the literature available at the School's library is old (i.e., photocopies), outdated (copies kindly donated by former lecturers), and often unavailable during test season because the number of copies (photocopies) available is limited. Free resources over the internet were quite limited, the access to journals and specialized literature over the WEB was very limited, and of course, often unaffordable. As a result, the references on the back of the books were/are never reviewed. Thus, the education in developing countries has produced quite good practitioners, but it does not produce researchers. But why do developing countries give no importance to research. Is it because researchers are useless (as some lecturers/practitioners suggest) ? If so, why countries such as Japan, where education puts strong emphasis in research, export technology as the basis of their economical growth?, why do developing countries import expensive technology instead of producing their own?.

Back to the topic, nowadays the amount of resources available over the internet is enormous. Now I realize how interesting and valuable is all the knowledge produced by human beings, and how interesting is to learn about it. The contributions on this part of the blog is a personal need to organize and systematize several hours spent in front of my beloved DELL Optiplex during my stay at Tohoku.