The internet

Was the world better without it?

I love the 'information superhighway' as it was once known for information and connection.

I grew up having to walk to libraries (using microfiche or books) or read newspapers and magazines if I could afford them, for my information, especially current affairs.

TV was sometimes available but the limited channels gave a narrower bias than these days.

I was dependent on 'experts' like doctors for diagnoses (or the occasional book written by these 'experts').

A lot of walking around shops to be done too (which of course the internet is killing).

There was also the option to ask people questions and try to sift their sometimes dubious replies.

However, it facilitates crimes to a rather horrendous level.

It also isolates people and childhood appears to have drastically changed because of it.

What do others think?

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  • I agree with the sentiment you are expressing, which may be surprising as technology is one of my special interests and I’ve spent a career working on it.

    Social media in particular has been absolutely poisonous. It has polarised politics, supercharged extremism of all kinds, damaged peoples’ mental health and made it very difficult for people to distinguish truth from disinformation.

    That said, it has allowed me order things online instead of having to set foot inside shops <shudders>.

  • Social media in particular has been absolutely poisonous. It has polarised politics, supercharged extremism of all kinds, damaged peoples’ mental health and made it very difficult for people to distinguish truth from disinformation.

    It has indeed.

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