I remember when I was much younger, in the 5th grade, I think.. We were having a project about the european countries, and my country was Slovenia. Everyone was searching in atlas and encyclopedia for information, and what they found was`nt very impressing.. But I had a trick.. We had something new at home, something called internet! With a lot of help from my mum, I found about 30 pages about Slovenia! That was 29 more than all the others, and mye teacher was very pleased. Certainly, we could`nt use our phone this hour we were searching, and it costed us not less than 40 crones, but still, it was worth it..
This was in 1997 or 98, only 12-13 years ago.. At this time, it was impossible for us to understand what this internet really was, and which part it later should become.. Not only in schools, in almost every part of our life..
Today is it so, that it is possible to survive, as long as you have a computer.. A lot of people are working in front of a computer, and spend all their worktime at internet. When it`s lunchtime, you don`t have to raise up from your chair. No, search for pizza at peppes.no, and a bit later the pizza is on your desk. Beware of tomatosauce at your computer! This is not free, of course, but you can also pay at internet.. You think this is heavy? Okay, maybe you need a vacation.. Search for tickets and hotels in Barcelona, Amsterdam or Sydney, and everything is ready in 10 minutes.. Unfortunately, you probably have to pack your baggage yourself.. I could continue writing about the possibillities with internet for ours, but I think you see my point: if you want to sit in front of your computer all day long, it is really possible!
But I`m thinking to myself.. What is all this doing to us? What is important for us human beeings? Personaly, I find contact with other people maybe the most important thing of all! Okay, the homo sapiens sapiens are not typical gregarious animals, but still, to grow develop as person, you need impulses from others! I know, that you maybe here will say: We have facebook! All your friends are there, and you can chat with them all day long! I found this video at Youtube, and i think it`s very interesting: I think it`s a little bit funny, that someone says, that internet gives them more friends.. And I`m not stupid, I understand what they are saying.. But then I wonder: What is a friend? I`m not going to try answering that question, but think about it..
It maybe sounds, as if I am a bitter and outdated person.. I`m really not! I love the internet, and that I have such a lot of oppertunities there.. I rather pay my bills at internet, I`ve almost never been into a really bank.. That is easy for me, and easy for my bank.. But I think it`s important, that we also see the most important aspects of life: relationships with others, contact with friends and so on..
It should be a choice: Knowing the internet, or don`t care about the internet.. But is it so? Is it really possible to survive without it? I found this article about elderly and internet, and I wasn`t surprised..
The expansion of internet has grown so extremely fast, and probably it will continue as that.. Shoud it go on like that forever, or is it soon enough?
This was in 1997 or 98, only 12-13 years ago.. At this time, it was impossible for us to understand what this internet really was, and which part it later should become.. Not only in schools, in almost every part of our life..
Today is it so, that it is possible to survive, as long as you have a computer.. A lot of people are working in front of a computer, and spend all their worktime at internet. When it`s lunchtime, you don`t have to raise up from your chair. No, search for pizza at peppes.no, and a bit later the pizza is on your desk. Beware of tomatosauce at your computer! This is not free, of course, but you can also pay at internet.. You think this is heavy? Okay, maybe you need a vacation.. Search for tickets and hotels in Barcelona, Amsterdam or Sydney, and everything is ready in 10 minutes.. Unfortunately, you probably have to pack your baggage yourself.. I could continue writing about the possibillities with internet for ours, but I think you see my point: if you want to sit in front of your computer all day long, it is really possible!
But I`m thinking to myself.. What is all this doing to us? What is important for us human beeings? Personaly, I find contact with other people maybe the most important thing of all! Okay, the homo sapiens sapiens are not typical gregarious animals, but still, to grow develop as person, you need impulses from others! I know, that you maybe here will say: We have facebook! All your friends are there, and you can chat with them all day long! I found this video at Youtube, and i think it`s very interesting: I think it`s a little bit funny, that someone says, that internet gives them more friends.. And I`m not stupid, I understand what they are saying.. But then I wonder: What is a friend? I`m not going to try answering that question, but think about it..
It maybe sounds, as if I am a bitter and outdated person.. I`m really not! I love the internet, and that I have such a lot of oppertunities there.. I rather pay my bills at internet, I`ve almost never been into a really bank.. That is easy for me, and easy for my bank.. But I think it`s important, that we also see the most important aspects of life: relationships with others, contact with friends and so on..
It should be a choice: Knowing the internet, or don`t care about the internet.. But is it so? Is it really possible to survive without it? I found this article about elderly and internet, and I wasn`t surprised..
The expansion of internet has grown so extremely fast, and probably it will continue as that.. Shoud it go on like that forever, or is it soon enough?
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