The difficulty in acquiring useful information in spite of advanced information technology.

“We have lots of information technology. We just don’t have much iseful information.”

The picture vividly depicts that a group of people are holding a meeting in an office. They are facing a difficult problem that although they have lots of advanced information technology, they still fail to acquire useful information.

In fact, the phenomenon conveyed in the picture does not surprise us, because as the science and technology develops, the topic concerning the side effects of technological advancement increasingly arouses people’s attention. Undoubtedly, the drawer of the picture aims at reminding us that advanced technology can not replace useful information, and in effect it is still difficult to get the useful information despite of information technology . What we should do is to be capable of telling the goof information from the bad. Put it another way, technology can only provides us a way to obtain the information, but to get the knowledge, we desired, we must pay out efforts instead of over-depending on the technology.

It is well known that thanks to the development of human civilization, many formerly unimaginable things come into reality. But, while enjoying the convenience produced by tech, we should alert that there is no shortcut to helpful information ; we should bear in mind that advanced technology can not be the substitute of human endeavors in getting useful information. In addition, it is wise for human beings to learn how to obtain and distinguish the information they would like by themselves.

in effect：实际上

over-depending: 过度依赖

goof：傻瓜，蠢人

to be capable of telling the goof information from the bad：能够分辨出好坏信息

bear in mind：牢记在心，记住

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