The internet works by connecting other systems of networks, through email, the world wide web, etc. It is successful because of how broad and versatile it is. The internet was the root of social media, online gaming, smartphones, streaming services and many more. It also allowed class and school to work more effectively since we can do work from home and still have contact with professors outside of class. People now have careers/jobs on through the internet and people rely heavily on it now when it comes to shopping, navigation, emails, reading the news, etc. With the rise of AI (such as iPhone’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home), it also helped make life easier as well. Of course there is negative with the internet, but safe to say that the internet did more good than bad.
According to an article on the Wall Street Journal titled “Does the Internet Make You Smarter?” by Clay Shirky, they state “Reading is an unnatural act; we are no more evolved to read books than we are to use computers. Literate societies become literate by investing extraordinary resources, every year, training children to read. Now it’s our turn to figure out what response we need to shape our use of digital tools.” With the advancement of the internet, we are now not as obligated to read as we did before. Search tools (such as CTRL/COMMAND + F) help us find what we’re looking for easier. Reading is still essential for the growth of the brain, but because of technology, information is easier to find.
