Opinion: Coronavirus is teaching me what I can’t do online

Contrary to what many of today’s students assume, not every important source of information is online. — Pixabay

If you remember life before the Internet, you don’t take its riches for granted.

During the two and a half years I spent researching a forthcoming book, I frequently marveled at the cornucopia of materials available online. I could have written my book, The Fabric Of Civilization, without those resources, but it would have taken longer and certain factual questions would have gone unanswered. Nowadays, you can check the exact wording of the 1678 London statute regulating the cloth trade without leaving your house.