====== Thinking For Oneself ====== | **Field** | Life | | **Went Obsolete** | Sometime in the 1960s | | **Made Obsolete By** | I blame the media | | **Knowledge Assumed** | It used to be | | **When useful** | When Google's results contradict or are inconclusive | Thinking for oneself was at one time considered a useful skill. It allowed an individual to gather input from a variety of sources and form an opinion or make a decision based solely on the analytical thinking of that individual. With the advent of MAD Magazine, it is no longer a requirement to "think for oneself", as there are a variety of sources available that will tell you what to think about any topic imaginable.