The internet is a place of change. When it was invented back in 1990, officially, it marked a huge revelation in how the world shares information with each other. And that fad has kept on living into the modern era; 10 years ago no one had ever heard of a meme, despite them being sent back and forth since the early 90s. Now they’re what’s most spoken about when you log on! And that’s just a minor change in how useful the internet has become, and how much information can take on a new life because of it.
At the same time, the internet can be a lot more serious. It can help form new technology like AIs and medicines, all collected from people answering surveys that can be shared and completed in seconds. Reaching such a huge amount of people and addressing their needs and ideas has never been possible before.
The internet is also good for business, as you can now conquer the market from behind a screen. You can start a website for free, incorporate a retail option, and then let people come to you at their convenience. And there’s been a lot of news in the press recently about how online shopping is killing the traditional means; we can see people like to take the internet up on its way of making life a lot more convenient.
But the internet is still changing, and taking with it a lot of the ideals we’ve just established in the past month or so. So when something is constantly revolutionising, it’s a good idea to understand what drives it onwards. With that in mind, here’s some of the reasons behind why the internet still remains the most modern invention.
We Can Be More Productive
A quick point to start off with, but important all the same. The internet hosts a lot of websites, and a lot of these websites are dedicated to self improvement and helping yourself. It’s something a lot of us wish we could do more of, and thus we go in search of these answers to find them all laid out in front of us.
And that makes us more productive as a result. We become more responsible as soon as we type in the search term, and following through on any of the results can lead to a wealth of activities you’d never considered before. You take someone else’s experience and apply it to your life in a way that’s strangely good, and you start being able to cope with a lot more.
It Acts as a Memory Bank
When you have something on hand to remember key events, dates, and information for you, there’s a good chance you’re going to use it. It’s a program that can never forget what you’ve told it, unlike your brain, and thus it’s a lot more reliable. And that program is the internet, and all the apps it offers up to make sure you never have to take down a post it note of your grandmother’s address ever again.
And that means we often constantly need to be connected to it in order to make sure we can reach our calendars. Of course you can download a version of this for when you’re out and about, but there’s many more features to utilise when you’re online that you’ll never want to miss a connection. It’s why phones are getting bigger and bigger; they need more and more storage for the information that your increased 4G data capacity is funneling back to you.
Seeing as humans are having to do more and more to be considered successful, having a handheld device that can remember for you is a great weight off. There’s cloud servers, innate in every phone you can buy, as well as ‘to do’ apps that can prioritise your tasks for you. Even just entering in everything you have to do today into these lists can make you feel a lot more productive.
It Can Take Old Technology and Make it New
The internet has always been good for finding answers, and from the smallest of problems such as finding out why the TV remote isn’t working to turning a whole digital system on its head, the internet has done it. Repurposing old methods that proved popular, but removing a few of the innate bugs is also common when it comes to new services and resources.
What we would have seen in a traditional office in the early 2000s are now defunct systems for the most part. However, a lot of online businesses have taken these ideas and add more of a digital element them, making sure they still have a spot in the limelight. For example, the world and its mother boasted about how they owned a fax machine, and now you can barely find any of these models. Now, people can send fax online, and receive these messages in their email inboxes.
We’re More Likely to Multitask
So a lot of research has gone into how well the human brain handles having to do more than one task at once, and most of them turn up on the negative side. We usually told we can’t focus on more than one thing at once, and yet it’s something we do everyday. We use different parts of our minds in each capacity of life, so it only makes sense the internet demands the same thing of us.
Take your commute as a good example here, if you do one. You can easily get yourself on the bus or train, and then pull out your phone to complete some early morning tasks or simply distract yourself. And you’re probably using an internet connection in order to get those things done. The emails can all be filed away by the time you get to the office!
Information is a Lot More Accessible
This is one of the biggest reasons why people like the internet so much, and what makes it so convenient to use in our lives. When you’ve got a computer or phone on hand to instantly look something up when you need to, you’re rarely ever going to be stumped when it comes to answering a difficult question again.
Spreading information like wildfire is something we can easily do due to constant connectivity, and that has a lot of upsides to it. We can find out how people are faring on the other side of the world, take note of any natural disasters that may have happened, send aid to them with a few clicks of a button when necessary, and keep in touch with how this aid has helped out.
At the same time, you can always access information closer to home, and thus the information more pertinent to you, a lot easier. No longer do you have to be locked out of a loop when it comes to what’s going on in your area, and all that local gossip TV shows love to portray isn’t just something for old ladies anymore.
We’re More Aware of Danger
At the same time of helping to change our lives for the better, the internet can be a very dangerous place, and anyone who logs on knows that. We’re constantly reminded about internet safety, particularly in the case of children, in our schools and on the news. But the use of the internet is still a dangerous element for adults as well.
All kind of new threats are out there because of the internet, and some of the most invasive ones come in the form of computer viruses. We can be simply a little naive when it comes to opening an email from someone we don’t know, not knowing the links inside contain something that can wipe your PC and hold your data hostage. One click later and we’ve suddenly lost the use of the computer, potentially our credit/debit card details, and important files.
And then there’s the idea of chat rooms and catfishing, and people pretending to be someone they aren’t on the other end of the screen. This can lead us into dangerous situations if we agree to meet up, as well as a lot of disappointment and heartbreak when we find out the truth.
But because of all these new factors we have to be aware of, we’re a lot more safety conscious than ever before. We know not to go around spreading information about our lives to strangers, and we’re a lot more guarded than ever before when it comes to people asking questions. And this can lead to a healthier and happier lifestyle; you’re only communicating with friends you actually know, and you’re cut off from the rest of the toxicity the internet can host.
So Overall…
When it comes to using the internet, there’s a lot it can do to help us in our lives. It can be used for both good and bad means, but there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
We Can Be More Productive
A quick point to start off with, but important all the same. The internet hosts a lot of websites, and a lot of these websites are dedicated to self improvement and helping yourself. It’s something a lot of us wish we could do more of, and thus we go in search of these answers to find them all laid out in front of us.
And that makes us more productive as a result. We become more responsible as soon as we type in the search term, and following through on any of the results can lead to a wealth of activities you’d never considered before. You take someone else’s experience and apply it to your life in a way that’s strangely good, and you start being able to cope with a lot more.
It Acts as a Memory Bank
When you have something on hand to remember key events, dates, and information for you, there’s a good chance you’re going to use it. It’s a program that can never forget what you’ve told it, unlike your brain, and thus it’s a lot more reliable. And that program is the internet, and all the apps it offers up to make sure you never have to take down a post it note of your grandmother’s address ever again.
And that means we often constantly need to be connected to it in order to make sure we can reach our calendars. Of course you can download a version of this for when you’re out and about, but there’s many more features to utilise when you’re online that you’ll never want to miss a connection. It’s why phones are getting bigger and bigger; they need more and more storage for the information that your increased 4G data capacity is funneling back to you.
Seeing as humans are having to do more and more to be considered successful, having a handheld device that can remember for you is a great weight off. There’s cloud servers, innate in every phone you can buy, as well as ‘to do’ apps that can prioritise your tasks for you. Even just entering in everything you have to do today into these lists can make you feel a lot more productive.
It Can Take Old Technology and Make it New
The internet has always been good for finding answers, and from the smallest of problems such as finding out why the TV remote isn’t working to turning a whole digital system on its head, the internet has done it. Repurposing old methods that proved popular, but removing a few of the innate bugs is also common when it comes to new services and resources.
What we would have seen in a traditional office in the early 2000s are now defunct systems for the most part. However, a lot of online businesses have taken these ideas and add more of a digital element them, making sure they still have a spot in the limelight. For example, the world and its mother boasted about how they owned a fax machine, and now you can barely find any of these models. Now, people can send fax online, and receive these messages in their email inboxes.
We’re More Likely to Multitask
So a lot of research has gone into how well the human brain handles having to do more than one task at once, and most of them turn up on the negative side. We usually told we can’t focus on more than one thing at once, and yet it’s something we do everyday. We use different parts of our minds in each capacity of life, so it only makes sense the internet demands the same thing of us.
Take your commute as a good example here, if you do one. You can easily get yourself on the bus or train, and then pull out your phone to complete some early morning tasks or simply distract yourself. And you’re probably using an internet connection in order to get those things done. The emails can all be filed away by the time you get to the office!
Information is a Lot More Accessible
This is one of the biggest reasons why people like the internet so much, and what makes it so convenient to use in our lives. When you’ve got a computer or phone on hand to instantly look something up when you need to, you’re rarely ever going to be stumped when it comes to answering a difficult question again.
Spreading information like wildfire is something we can easily do due to constant connectivity, and that has a lot of upsides to it. We can find out how people are faring on the other side of the world, take note of any natural disasters that may have happened, send aid to them with a few clicks of a button when necessary, and keep in touch with how this aid has helped out.
At the same time, you can always access information closer to home, and thus the information more pertinent to you, a lot easier. No longer do you have to be locked out of a loop when it comes to what’s going on in your area, and all that local gossip TV shows love to portray isn’t just something for old ladies anymore.
We’re More Aware of Danger
At the same time of helping to change our lives for the better, the internet can be a very dangerous place, and anyone who logs on knows that. We’re constantly reminded about internet safety, particularly in the case of children, in our schools and on the news. But the use of the internet is still a dangerous element for adults as well.
All kind of new threats are out there because of the internet, and some of the most invasive ones come in the form of computer viruses. We can be simply a little naive when it comes to opening an email from someone we don’t know, not knowing the links inside contain something that can wipe your PC and hold your data hostage. One click later and we’ve suddenly lost the use of the computer, potentially our credit/debit card details, and important files.
And then there’s the idea of chat rooms and catfishing, and people pretending to be someone they aren’t on the other end of the screen. This can lead us into dangerous situations if we agree to meet up, as well as a lot of disappointment and heartbreak when we find out the truth.
But because of all these new factors we have to be aware of, we’re a lot more safety conscious than ever before. We know not to go around spreading information about our lives to strangers, and we’re a lot more guarded than ever before when it comes to people asking questions. And this can lead to a healthier and happier lifestyle; you’re only communicating with friends you actually know, and you’re cut off from the rest of the toxicity the internet can host.
So Overall…
When it comes to using the internet, there’s a lot it can do to help us in our lives. It can be used for both good and bad means, but there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
