The Internet

"Oh, I'll just check my e-mail for a minute... And facebook ... Hmm... What's on that link... Damn! It's 3 a.m."

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The Internet has entirely changed the everyday life of average man. Its mission was to ease access to information and connection between people. Is it completed? Of course! No paper mail (ask your grandparents about queues in "Pochta Rossii" offices), no libraries (I mean time spent there, searching information), no paperboys. Life became faster, you say. But did it?

How much time do you spend on the Internet everyday? Hours and hours. How much time do you use it in its proper destination (searching useful information, not kittens)? Umm... Maybe, for an hour per week. Certainly, Internet made access to information faster, now there is more free time. And where do we spend it? Right, on Internet. But not searching for some historical books or biological researches, no. Just scrolling Facebook and Instagram profiles. Hundreds of selfies and cute videos. Oh dear... Inventors of the Internet thought better about people... Internet became an universal way of spending time. Searching for information now requires skills to choose the right stuff from tons of trash, that Google offers you. The speed and gigantic volumes of information there have changed the borders of privacy. People have real opportunities, but have nothing useful to share. So they share kittens and selfies. God only knows whatever will be in next years. So, is Internet as useful, as supposed to be? Obviously, not. 

The idea and opportunities, that Internet offers are really incredible: any people, any information in a minute, second, faster and faster. But the way we use it depends only on ourselves. So don't let yourselves to turn this great possibility into the greatest human timekiller.