dendroculi | [homophonic] catchall for mizuki

So they became too reliant on it...

Maybe the internet isn't so different. I always look up a bunch of stuff I don't know the answer to either.

Not necessarily. If it's used as a reference, and you're using it to learn new things, that's not wrong... it would just be like looking up something in a book, before you take what you've learned and apply it to what you're doing.

But the way the Akasha was being used... the average person didn't take that last step. And some of the people at higher levels would misuse it.

They must've been in for one heck of a rude awakening when it went down.

It's been a bit of an adjustment, but... people seem to be handling it pretty well.

Well, they gotta... What do you do after that, anyway?

They learn new things the same way anyone else would in the other nations... through books, or classes, or even hands-on experience.

And now people don't say "I'm a potter, so I don't need information about fishing"... I think it's better this way.

... Well, I don't normally need to know about fishing, either...

Right, maybe not. But if you ever needed to, you'd go looking for that information, wouldn't you?

The way it was before, people in Sumeru wouldn't... they'd just conclude it wasn't information they needed to know, even if a situation where it would be helpful came up, and would shy away from learning new things.