> We're living in an era where expert level information is easily accessible on virtually every subject on mobiles devices.
Sort of agree, on some subjects anyway (like apple pie).
However, much of that expert information comes lack of context. Experts talking to experts leave lots of context out because it is common knowledge (among them). An uncountable number of people have worried themselves after diagnosing themselves with illnesses they don't have, or have improperly repaired their car or house after watching a few youtube videos and figuring that was enough.
Imagine someone reading a new CS article on some new sorting algorithm that works with certain special cases under certain constraints, and coming to you asking to replace all your sorting functions because "this one article said it is faster". That is what everyone does when they go to some expert and say "I read online..." or "I read this journal article where..."
Context is extremely important in pretty much everything we do; there are very few "universal truths".
Sort of agree, on some subjects anyway (like apple pie).
However, much of that expert information comes lack of context. Experts talking to experts leave lots of context out because it is common knowledge (among them). An uncountable number of people have worried themselves after diagnosing themselves with illnesses they don't have, or have improperly repaired their car or house after watching a few youtube videos and figuring that was enough.
Imagine someone reading a new CS article on some new sorting algorithm that works with certain special cases under certain constraints, and coming to you asking to replace all your sorting functions because "this one article said it is faster". That is what everyone does when they go to some expert and say "I read online..." or "I read this journal article where..."
Context is extremely important in pretty much everything we do; there are very few "universal truths".