Human interplay is crucial in Jewish learning. This social dialectic is lost somewhere between the lonely web-surfer and the mouse. Our spoon-feeding internet and its media equivalents surely have changed the way people think. Information may be widely available, but we are at a loss in processing the overload. They have never learned to construct a rational argument to defend their opinions.
Internet learning is more given to bottom lines than to process.
We have many reasons to be grateful for the internet, but the blessing is decidedly mixed. Rabbi Bleiweiss's article appears in the November issue of Shma Magazine. It is posted here with permission from the publishers. Return to Home Page Virtual Jerusalem Site Terms, Conditions of Use and Warranties.