Whenever I ask Google a question, I realize that I am not the first one to do so. It used to amaze me — that someone else wanted to know the things that I asked, but now I have come to expect that my query will pop to the top and be a pre-populated answer that others have inquired about before me.
Whether it is the release date for the Red Fox stamps, the distance from BWI to Hagerstown, the coil size required to bind 100 pages, or the connection between smell loss and brain health — someone has gone before.
So, why is it that with Google we don’t have the hesitancy around asking, but in person, we hold back from fear of asking a “dumb question?” The next time you’re in a classroom or a meeting, don’t stay quiet. Google shows us that others are likely to have the same question as you do and everyone would benefit if you asked it.
