It is, and people are sharing all the knowledge in the world, in a way that was never possible before.
Just because an AI-driven botnet is flooding it with bogus articles, and mainstream entertainment is full of brain rot, it doesn't mean the internet isn't incredibly useful, to the point that many people would struggle with daily life without it.
100% agree with this, to the point that if you haven't taught your child to eat all the common vegetables by the time they enter the real world, you have failed as a parent.
I feel such strong second-hand embarrassment when somebody has to excuse "I don't like onions" (like wtf onions is THE number 1 vegetable) or tomatoes or something.
I will admit to have shamed my girlfriend about not liking celery until she ate it daily for a week to learn. Now her favorite drink is bloody mary because of the free celery snack.
Willingly switching from Arch to Debian says a lot about a person