Search engines: part two

A while ago, I was thinking of giving up search engines, and in fact even blocked search engines on my computer. I still have them blocked there, however they are now unblocked on my phone - I think the important change has partway happened, but not entirely.

Fundamentally, what I wanted was to stop searching things, and instead have a set of resources I could rely upon whenever I needed to access them. I have that somewhat - I think I know more links now directly, and I have a good amount added to my /portal page, but I still don't use it all that often. That said, my search engine use has decreased, I do believe, and I take more now to searching for things directly.

I want to continue more in this direction, though. I haven't done it as thoroughly as I would like.

The general trend is towards having the set of resources myself, and making better use of the existing resources I have found, as opposed to constantly searching for new. The effect should hopefully be stronger knowledge, and a generally slower pace of life.

But: until this is built out so fully, I think it's good to keep search engines around. Many of the links on my portal page I found through search engines. I don't think it's wise to do away with them yet fully, but instead I should try move towards a place where I can sensibly do away with them.