While working at the library today, I overheard a man teaching the woman sitting next to him at the computers about how to use the Internet and email. He said something that really struck a chord with me- "Almost all of human knowledge can be found on that Internet."
Wow, how true is that? It is scary and awesome to think that everything we as race know can be found with a few keystrokes and a good browser. I feel privileged to be able use that vast resource, but the key word to that statement is "human." Because humans think and create and then put it on the Internet, what is there can be flawed, mistaken or just plain wrong. Humans make mistakes in thinking, in typing and in believing. Those who use this great thing called the Internet must be discerning consumers who filter and process what is presented to see if what is there can be believed. Be careful- we are only human.
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I think it is true. People post things on the internet, unknowingly who will read it. Everything can be found on the internet. I think people today are relying too heavily on the internet. What's going to happen when it's gone? Or will it ever be gone? And if it doesn't, what's going to happen to all the dictionaries, atlases (spelling?), and other reference books? Are they just going to be burnt?
I was going on Amazon today to search for a book, and there's a thing called "The Kindle." Now, don't get me wrong, I'm itching to buy one. But what you do is buy the book off of Amazon and you download it onto this thing that's probably as big as some of the iPods today, and it can hold thousands upon thousands of books. Sure, I am a huge bookworm, but I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do. It's a bit drab. In fact, I think technology is.
The internet does have it's good points, but it also has it's bad.
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