Cutrural and Social Impacts of the Internet

The internet is one of the world’s most innovative creation of recent times. The internet is able to connect billions of people living thousands of miles away to where they can almost feel a sense of closeness and fellowship. It has allowed education to skyrocket and businesses to increase profits. It has given people the opportunity to work and to be successful. However, everything costs a price; everything has a downfall. People argue that the internet has helped stopped the diversity of humanity, which can be a pro or con depending on which side of the fence you are on. The main questions at hand are, does the internet’s advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and is the internet causing a downfall in cultures and society?

People around the world have access to the internet. These people include nearly every religion and culture from nearly every country. With almost every nationality and culture having access to the internet, people are bound to mix beliefs and even lie about things they themselves or people they know believe in. Does this hurt the foundation of people’s cultures? If you use the internet often then you are most likely aware of various debates of beliefs that occur across the web. Due to these strifes, people form uneducated and often biased opinions for people they disagree with, rather it be religion, cultural, or political beliefs. Is this fair to anyone? Too often people have filled themselves with hatred or disgust because of people’s comments of their beliefs or ways of life. It occurs everyday, everywhere. With the internet bringing billions of people together and thousands if not millions of ways of life together, you could say the internet has escalated the issue exponentially. Then ag...

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...heir security system, and corporations could have secret information stolen. At this very moment you could be losing personal information to someone you’ve never met. However to live a life in constant fear is to not live at all. The internet makes daily life easy for billions of people, and has given fresh life to others. The world is not perfect, therefore we can not have a perfect internet, but each day efforts are made to better the web and make it secure. Is the internet worth it? That’s up to your own opinion.

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