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Edited by Cultmeister: 3/24/2013 7:53:44 AM
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Are we relying too much on the internet nowadays?

so in today's world it seems as though everything i could ever need to do can be done on the internet. i can work on the internet i can bank on the internet i can play games on the internet i can watch films on the internet i can watch live TV on the internet i can listen to music on the internet i can communicate with all my friends at once on the internet i can talk face-to-face with the friends i like on the internet i can get a girlfriend / boyfriend on the internet i can shop for groceries on the internet i can buy a new car on the internet i can send my special someone flowers, chocolates and a birthday card on the internet i can book a holiday to Japan on the internet i can learn about the history of Cornish Pasties on the internet i can find out pretty much any piece of information i want on the internet and this is just the stuff you have a choice to do over the internet or not; many many things are being phased out (or already have been) in favour of internet-equivalents. is this too much for the modern human being? imagine what would happen if suddenly the internet went down and [b]never[/b] came back. could we as a species cope? are we putting too many of our needy eggs in the one basket that is the internet? do we really need to rely on technology [i]this [/i]much? discuss.

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  • I saw a good real life demonstration of this last July. The freak storm that ripped through the midwest all the way to the east coast, we had trees taking down power lines everywhere. We were without power in many areas for 5 days, some longer due to the expanse of damage done. Kids and grown ups alike were freaking out because they could not use their modern conveniences. The only phones that were still working were the land lines somehow. People tried to acquire generators to power their basic 'needs', but only found the shelves empty. For me and other older people, we really weren't that hindered by it. Sure we had to get ice from wherever we could or food was spoiling in our refrigerators and freezers, It was in the mid 90's that week, so it was very difficult to maintain cool. We were less busy being entertained, and back to the business of being. It was actually cool to see people come away from their electronic 'whatevers' for a while, and actually talk to other people like we used to. Then the power came back on.

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