The Internet
Created By Odin Callahan Swidzinski
How many times do you decide to procrastinate your homework and decided to do something, like watching TV, or going on a computer, whilst you know will prevent you from doing the subject? For some people, it occurs occasionally, or none at all, especially in undeveloped nations. Nowadays, in North America, it is hard not to procrastinate, because of gadgets that help reduce your focus, or not want to do your homework. Ever since the 1980s, beginning gradually with email, bit by bit, a network of tubes was made, to provide the world with a link, for one person to chat with someone on the internet, for example, from one country with another. That is the effect of a new gadget, now on many a computer, how it transformed in such a short time from a service which can now fit in a single site, to a network connecting sites, ideas and peoples throughout the globe. Of course, there may be places with no internet, even today in Canada, but its influence is inevitable. Soon, there will be something that unites us, as a single race, where class divisions, racism and nationalism will disappear. Thus, an invention that made a major impact on my life is the Internet.
The reason why the Internet is good is because it allows people to contact anybody and anyone, anytime on the planet without leaving your seat on whatever you are sitting on. The Internet could allow you to talk with people, regardless of whether you knew the person that made that post and/or comment, or not knowing who it was in the first place. It can also be used to contact family members, so if I knew someone who lived in Japan, and I lived in the United States, for example, and we were both on at the same time, we can easily chat and discuss how our days are going, how we are feeling and what is new on the other country. But, if the Japanese person is off, I cannot talk to that Japanese person until that person gets onto the Internet, and from there, stay online. That is why I have to still arrange times to chat on the internet if the person is from a different time zone, so in Saskatchewan, it would be 6 pm, and relaxing in the comfort of your own home, while in Japan, it could 9 am, and the beginning of a day at work or school in where the Japanese person lived in. We, therefore have no reason why we need to wait until that person gets back from Japan, unless if we want to see them and talk face to face, or see relatives of that person.
Another reason why I love the internet is that there are genres, just like music, books and art, so anybody and anyone can fit into them. There are the forums, games and search engines, which vary from “appropriate” to inappropriate, encyclopaedia’s such as Wikipedia, and classical encyclopaedias like Encyclopaedia Britannica. However, there are sites that contains a lot of software and content that can harm the viewer, or at its worst, the computer and its ability to access the internet, even changing the homepage to that virus/malware/spyware’s site or a site where something bad is destroyed and collecting personal information which UNDER ALL COSTS you should not give onto the Internet. So, for example, if that Japanese person was interested in political forums and me in history, I would not be able to see him unless if it were to be a political history forum, of histories of nations, but if I and that Japanese person were interested in the same thing, like politics, we could end up seeing each other and discuss about the topic, like for example, politics. That way, it will be seen that we know a lot of this topic, and able to discuss it without fear of being laughed out by those who feel it is impolite to discuss it, or at its worst, it could affect your chances of visiting the person again, for any reason and/or purpose whatsoever. It simply proves that the internet is pretty much a type of media, so that one could either use the media for good, or for bad purposes.
A reason why I dislike the Internet, leads into lot of effects, onto society, the computer and the user who chooses to access the content of which may or may not be appropriate. Viruses, malware and spyware roam the web, looking to catch its prey, which is you, the user. If you type a lot, you might be at a risk of getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which is damage of the hands or wrists, indicated by aching of the area affected. The price for the internet could be really, really high, and with bills, if one spends a lifetime on the internet, they will pay a lot of cash, because of their lifestyle. And you will really love it if your internet provider provided subpar service but demanded a lot of money from your own pockets to be paid to the company. Finally, it could waste time which can be used for doing more important tasks, like doing your own homework, typing an essay, such as an essay of the Internet, on the computer, shopping, chatting face-to-face instead of using Facebook, and exercising, which is really important. To sum my last statement, it really wastes time. It may even impact your job earnings, and get you fired from your own place of work. For example, did you know many people are getting fired for posting comments CRITICAL of their own job? This shows how companies can fire anybody, just for that comment that criticizes your own company that you work for. It may even lose your concentration on your job, thus demoting you to a lower paying job, possibly not making you very impressed that you got demoted and/or fired. That could be a source of stress, turning into anger and even regrets of even going onto the internet in the first place, and asking why one needs the connection when you will get fired and/or demoted by your own company.
The invention that really has impacted my life is the Internet, both for the positive and negative reasons stated in the thesis. It allows you to contact anyone regardless of location on the planet (as long as they have an internet connection), and genres of sites that accept anyone they please, after going deep down to find your right genre. But, it also is full of problems, like viruses, malware and spyware, and high bills. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be a significant risk to typists like you and me, and possibly many others, and wastes time in general, by using time better spent doing other stuff. I predict that the internet will be still growing, as long as a technology does NOT replace it, or supersede it with an even more powerful network that can even take humanity under its grasp, and raise it, from cradle; to death. It will evolve, like apes evolving to man, and monkeys evolving to apes. Therefore, I predict will eventually evolve into a new type, adding new services and features along the way, and possibly changing society, for better, or for worse. Therefore, in conclusion, I’ll leave you, the reader, with a final question to answer. How long, would the internet last, as a source of information, place to escape from the real world and as another tool of education, a fruit of the educational system? I believe that the internet will be lasting for around a few hundred years, but the current version of the internet may not last really long. Internet 2.0 may eventually get superseded by an Internet 3.0, which would help the internet go faster, where Internet 2.0 has missed the opportunities. Maybe, the Internet is the missing link between the peoples of the world, and that those without the link are missing out. Think about it, readers, because sooner or later, you will need to write an essay on which invention impacted your life.
