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Nov. 28th, 2017 06:51 pmThe downside to having access to more information is that when you can't do anything about it, sometimes that's worse than not having the information in the first place.
Back in the Dark Ages, I'd pull onto the freeway and if I encountered a huge traffic jam, it was just a huge traffic jam.
Now, I check Google Maps, and it says the freeway is running at full speed and there are no traffic problems, and I pull onto the freeway and almost immediately come to a dead stop and sit without moving for 45 minutes and feel REALLY CHEATED because Google assured me there wasn't a traffic jam. Yes, I know, Google can't predict accidents that happened in the last thirty seconds, but a false sense of assurance is still really irritating.
Back in the Dark Ages, I'd pull onto the freeway and if I encountered a huge traffic jam, it was just a huge traffic jam.
Now, I check Google Maps, and it says the freeway is running at full speed and there are no traffic problems, and I pull onto the freeway and almost immediately come to a dead stop and sit without moving for 45 minutes and feel REALLY CHEATED because Google assured me there wasn't a traffic jam. Yes, I know, Google can't predict accidents that happened in the last thirty seconds, but a false sense of assurance is still really irritating.
