is the internet killing us?

Dickyb0b

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why must we use the internet to get away from the stress, its like all i either see now days or hear, why must we all be like this, what happened to normal life?
 
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well i reckon a big percentage of the population use it now just to get away bordem for sure, online gaming has took off like crazy
 
Dickyb0b said:
well i reckon a big percentage of the population use it now just to get away bordem for sure, online gaming has took off like crazy
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What do you think people did before to rid themselves of boredom? It's quite possible that using the internet as an entertainment source is simply an evolution from previous methods of entertainment. That doesn't necessarily mean it's better or worse, just different.
 
What's your point? Create a gimmick to avoid boredom. Internet is just better than a bouncy ball so we use the internet more than we use bouncy balls. Also there is probably a bouncy ball on the internet.
 
I believe it's a distraction that has a effect on society in general, cars, life, family, work place etc.. It's a form of Hyper-modernity where we look to escape the real world for something less complicated whilst maintaining a level of animosity. It can't be a good thing as we become more reliant upon it. Even the mobile phone companies try and convince us how phones and the Internet improve our lifes... Do they? Really??
 
The Internet isn't bad, it's just what the technology now makes possible. Some people would have a heart attack if they found they couldn't use their phone or get on to Facebook anymore. I can see something like the ship from Wall-E becoming reality with fat slobs sat on mobile scooters being carted around while they engage life through a virtual/augmented interface. We're already half way there. :p
 
The internet is making people more stupid. Google has become a defacto brain for most plebs who can't retain information and expect the answer to everything is to "google it" instead of retaining that info for later use like most 30somethings or older do.
 
I was thinking to myself earlier about what people actually did for entertainment before TV and now the Internet.

I was born before the internet had taken off fully so can remember when it wasn't that popular but thinking back to my parents childhood I just struggle to think how I would fill the time.

These days unless I'm looking at two screens I feel a bit bored, sad state of affairs really.
 
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The internet is making people more stupid. Google has become a defacto brain for most plebs who can't retain information and expect the answer to everything is to "google it" instead of retaining that info for later use like most 30somethings or older do.
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How is that stupid? If it's good enough for Henry Ford.......

During the world war, a Chicago newspaper published certain editorials in which, among other statements, Henry Ford was called "an ignorant pacifist." Mr. Ford objected to the statements, and brought suit against the paper for libeling him. When the suit was tried in the Courts, the attorneys for the paper pleaded justification, and placed Mr. Ford, himself, on the witness stand, for the purpose of proving to the jury that he was ignorant. The attorneys asked Mr. Ford a great variety of questions, all of them intended to prove, by his own evidence, that, while he might possess considerable specialized knowledge pertaining to the manufacture of automobiles, he was, in the main, ignorant.

Mr. Ford was plied with such questions as the following:

"Who was Benedict Arnold?" and "How many soldiers did the British send over to America to put down the Rebellion of 1776?" In answer to the last question, Mr. Ford replied, "I do not know the exact number of soldiers the British sent over, but I have heard that it was a considerably larger number than ever went back."

Finally, Mr. Ford became tired of this line of questioning, and in reply to a particularly offensive question, he leaned over, pointed his finger at the lawyer who had asked the question, and said, "If I should really WANT to answer the foolish question you have just asked, or any of the other questions you have been asking me, let me remind you that I have a row of electric push-buttons on my desk, and by pushing the right button, I can summon to my aid men who can answer ANY question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I am devoting most of my efforts. Now, will you kindly tell me, WHY I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?"

There certainly was good logic to that reply.

That answer floored the lawyer. Every person in the courtroom realized it was the answer, not of an ignorant man, but of a man of EDUCATION. Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action. Through the assistance of his "Master Mind" group, Henry Ford had at his command all the specialized knowledge he needed to enable him to become one of the wealthiest men in America. It was not essential that he have this knowledge in his own mind.
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