Personally I think people are most ignorant when they're most comfortable. The number of people reading & talking about politics right now, at least in my circles, is higher than it's ever been.
Much of what they're saying it led by FUD and isn't balanced at all, in my opinion, but that's a different issue.
I can't find another source that says literally that of this poll[0], but Slate's article[1] resonates similarly:
"Wakefield developed a questionnaire that delved into Americans’ misunderstandings of “the cloud.” By releasing a less B2B-focused survey, Citrix was able to, for the first time, connect the brand to “the cloud” for the wider consumer population – not just in B2B circles. Stats such as, “51% think inclement weather interferes with cloud computing,”
>To get the embarrassing statistics out of the way first, the survey found that 51 percent of respondents believe that stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing.
To be fair, power outages at data centers caused by storms and hurricanes are a serious problem. Being on-call in NYC during Sandy was not fun.
http://www.webpronews.com/americans-think-cloud-computing-co...
Personally I think people are most ignorant when they're most comfortable. The number of people reading & talking about politics right now, at least in my circles, is higher than it's ever been.
Much of what they're saying it led by FUD and isn't balanced at all, in my opinion, but that's a different issue.