I find it difficult nowadays to resist from connecting to the internet, due to the fact that everything in this day in age requires some sort of internet interaction. As an incoming freshman, I grew up using the internet for almost everything- school projects, communicating with people or using it for pure entertainment. What was the alternative before the internet? How did the generation of my parents function without the invention of the internet?Personally, I find it pretty hard to imagine a world where the internet did not exist. But what about the generation of our parents who either chose to learn it or stuck to their old-fashioned ways?
The internet has come a long way since its first days where a couple of people had access to it, to the present where it has three-hundred and seventeen billion users (statista). The increase in popularity has also increased the demand for speed. Starting from Dial-up, Broadband, Fiber Optics and even mobile, the internet has not only extended it (base) but has increased in speed to conduct complicated tasks.
The use of the internet is personal and professional settings has changed drastically. Over the years, a shift in internet usage has created a new type of setting in homes and schools around the globe.
When I am in school, I find myself using the internet about 75% percent of the time to do procedures such as looking up resources, e-mailing professors and teachers, watching educational videos or even collaborating instantaneously on projects that are assigned.
Aside from faster speeds and changes in settings, the usage of the internet has in a way “destroyed” traditional ways of conducting business and communicating.
Take for example e-mail, a quick, efficient and easy way to connect to anyone whether they are a personal or business contact. As the years passed, the usage of sending snail mail has diminished.
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