A global village, that is certainly what the world feels like nowadays. With the help of the world wide web, you can reach out and get to know people you might never have met in person. Articles can be co-authored, business deals can be finalized, degrees can be earned and at times even medical advice can be given- and all of this is just a click away.
Electronic mail, instant messages, web cameras and microphones; all these gadgets and programs make the presence of the other person more real. Who knows; with the help of visual reality you might even get a 3-D image of the speaker! I believe that the Internet is one the best inventions of the last century, you can hardly get to miss anyone and nobody is really out of reach. You can keep in touch with your friends, and be able to do your work from your bedroom in your pajamas!
However, the internet can also be a major source of harassment. Spammers and hackers can invade your privacy and get personal/confidential information, which otherwise they will never get access to. You are never out of anybody’s reach, unless you make a conscious decision of not checking your email, there can be always more work waiting for you in your inbox and you might never have a moment to yourself. Worse yet, if you were a workaholic, you might never experience that stress-free vacation ever again in your life – simply, because you have your mobile workplace with you at all times.
As a romantic, I will always look forward to getting an occasional letter in the snail mail. A personal letter, where I can sense the mood of the writer by the slants in his/her handwriting and get to know him/her better. But as a type A personality person, the internet gives me all what I dream of in terms of communication – the speed, reliability, and convenience of time and place. I can certainly tolerate its shortcomings any day, as long as it keeps me close to my loved ones.
A global village,
that is
certainly
what the world feels like nowadays. With the
help
of the
world wide web
, you can reach out and
get
to know
people
you
might
never have met in person. Articles can be co-authored, business deals can
be finalized
, degrees can
be earned
and at times even medical advice can be
given
- and all of this is
just
a click away.
Electronic mail, instant messages, web cameras and microphones; all these gadgets and programs
make
the presence of the other person more real. Who knows; with the
help
of visual reality you
might
even
get
a 3-D image of the speaker! I believe that the Internet is
one
the best inventions of the last century, you can hardly
get
to miss anyone and nobody is
really
out of reach. You can
keep
in touch with your friends, and be able to do your work from your bedroom in your pajamas!
However
, the internet can
also
be a major source of harassment. Spammers and hackers can invade your privacy and
get
personal/confidential information, which
otherwise
they will never
get
access to. You are never out of anybody’s reach, unless you
make
a conscious decision of not checking your email, there can be always more work waiting for you in your inbox and you
might
never have a moment to yourself. Worse
yet
, if you were a workaholic, you
might
never experience that
stress
-free vacation ever again in your life
–
simply
,
because
you have your mobile workplace with you at all times.
As a romantic, I will always look forward to getting an occasional letter in the snail mail. A personal letter, where I can sense the mood of the writer by the slants in his/her handwriting and
get
to know him/her better.
But
as a type A personality person, the internet gives me all what I dream of in terms of communication
–
the speed, reliability, and convenience of time and place. I can
certainly
tolerate its shortcomings any day, as long as it
keeps
me close to my
loved
ones.