Do we really need the Internet?
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Tomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto. No, we don't actually "need" the internet. But it's damn nice to have. Makes a lot of life much easier. Makes it easier for the criminals, too, I suppose.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun Only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Basically proliferates bad ideas through the entire world. Nope. Don't need it. I never use it.
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No - but we'd need more post-it notes (Twitter), fridge magnets (Facebook) and 'erm cards stuck in public phone booths (Craigslist) Also I'd need to get my own my own cat to watch...
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Without reading the article, the answer is simple: No, we don't need it. Just like cars, trains, planes, phones, washing machines, dishwasher, hairdryer, power plants, etc. There was a time when all of this stuff didn't exist and humans were still able to manage their lives in some way, as far back as the Stone Age and earlier. All this stuff just makes our lives easier (unforunately, it doesn't come for free, so we eventually have to deal with a the side-effects at some point.) The crux is: As soon as some technical advancement is there, we lose the ability to live without it. You don't need to know how to make a fire anymore, you got matches or a lighter. The more interesting question should be: Are we depending too much on the Internet.
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Without reading the article, the answer is simple: No, we don't need it. Just like cars, trains, planes, phones, washing machines, dishwasher, hairdryer, power plants, etc. There was a time when all of this stuff didn't exist and humans were still able to manage their lives in some way, as far back as the Stone Age and earlier. All this stuff just makes our lives easier (unforunately, it doesn't come for free, so we eventually have to deal with a the side-effects at some point.) The crux is: As soon as some technical advancement is there, we lose the ability to live without it. You don't need to know how to make a fire anymore, you got matches or a lighter. The more interesting question should be: Are we depending too much on the Internet.
FIorian Schneidereit wrote:
The more interesting question should be: Are we depending too much on the Internet.
I asked Siri - she said no. (Although I did hear a bit of a sinister chuckle...)
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I love the last comment (currently) on the original article, accusing the writer of authoring a "marxist rant". There was a poll in the US a few years back, that asked where the quote "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" came from. The majority of respondents thought it came from the American Constitution! Its funny how people see Marxism everywhere, while remaining totally ignorant of it.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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I saw a great response to this at another website. The gist of it was "Secretary Syndrome". This guy (and the people he knows) probably doesn't use the internet all that much, so he thinks nobody relies on it for much of anything besides cat videos. Here's the key, though: even though he himself may rarely use the internet, the people that work for him and prepare all of his materials for him absolutely use the internet for that. It's also why a rich guy who's always had a chauffeur all his life won't understand the big deal about self-driving cars.
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FIorian Schneidereit wrote:
The more interesting question should be: Are we depending too much on the Internet.
I asked Siri - she said no. (Although I did hear a bit of a sinister chuckle...)
Maybe I'm gonna ask Cortana what she thinks about it... but I guess she will keep quiet and only come up with lame web search results. :D
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Without reading the article, the answer is simple: No, we don't need it. Just like cars, trains, planes, phones, washing machines, dishwasher, hairdryer, power plants, etc. There was a time when all of this stuff didn't exist and humans were still able to manage their lives in some way, as far back as the Stone Age and earlier. All this stuff just makes our lives easier (unforunately, it doesn't come for free, so we eventually have to deal with a the side-effects at some point.) The crux is: As soon as some technical advancement is there, we lose the ability to live without it. You don't need to know how to make a fire anymore, you got matches or a lighter. The more interesting question should be: Are we depending too much on the Internet.
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You don't need to know how to make a fire anymore, you got matches or a lighter.
You don't need good grammar anymore; you have a spelling or grammar checker. LOL #GrammarPolice
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You don't need to know how to make a fire anymore, you got matches or a lighter.
You don't need good grammar anymore; you have a spelling or grammar checker. LOL #GrammarPolice
Brian C Hart wrote:
You don't need good grammar anymore; you have a spelling or grammar checker.
Not exactly, most of the time I rely on try and error, and hope people understand what I mean. As a non-native English speaker, the foreigner excuse is on my side anyways. ;P
