With the development of the Internet, nowadays knowledge can also be preserved electronically. Some people insist that there are more drawbacks to have the knowledge in electronic format than in books. However, I do not agree with them.
It has to be admitted that the quality of the information varies a lot. There are less restrictions for people to publish articles, researches, or lectures online rather than a textbook or scientific paper. For example, sometimes even no proofread is required to upload a research article. No qualification is required to upload lecture to YouTube. However, after years of discussion, some websites have been widely recognized as reliable knowledge resources.
On the other hand, people can easily access the knowledge on the Internet. A simple search in Google or Wikipedia will provide a lot of information in their database. The “find in page” function saves people’s time on locating the key words from the articles. On the contrary, looking for a specific concept from hard copy books will be very time consuming, especially for those who are new to the knowledge.
What’s more, making backups of electronic knowledge costs less money and effort. With years of usage, books can be damaged inevitably. Also, it is hard to guarantee that accidents like fire hazard or an earthquake will not happen. These accidents are so deadly to the books. We will lose the books once they occur. Therefore, having backups of the knowledge becomes more and more important.
In conclusion, considering the importance of efficiency and backups, it is better to have knowledge stored on the Internet even though there are drawbacks.
With the development of the Internet, nowadays
knowledge
can
also
be preserved
electronically
.
Some
people
insist that there are more drawbacks to have the
knowledge
in electronic format than in
books
.
However
, I do not
agree
with them.
It
has to
be admitted
that the quality of the information varies a lot. There are
less
restrictions for
people
to publish articles, researches, or lectures online
rather
than a textbook or scientific paper.
For example
,
sometimes
even no proofread
is required
to upload a research article. No qualification
is required
to upload lecture to YouTube.
However
, after years of discussion,
some
websites have been
widely
recognized as reliable
knowledge
resources.
On the other hand
,
people
can
easily
access the
knowledge
on the Internet. A simple search in Google or Wikipedia will provide
a lot of
information in their database. The “find in page” function saves
people’s
time on locating the
key words
from the articles.
On the contrary
, looking for a specific concept from
hard
copy
books
will be
very
time consuming
,
especially
for those who are new to the knowledge.
What’s more, making backups of electronic
knowledge
costs less money and effort. With years of usage,
books
can
be damaged
inevitably
.
Also
, it is
hard
to guarantee that accidents like fire hazard or an earthquake will not happen. These accidents are
so
deadly to the
books
. We will lose the
books
once they occur.
Therefore
, having backups of the
knowledge
becomes more and more
important
.
In conclusion
, considering the importance of efficiency and backups, it is better to have
knowledge
stored on the Internet
even though
there are drawbacks.
7Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
7Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
7Mistakes