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How the Internet has changed our life

How the Internet Has Changed Life

Our lives have changed beyond recognition since the Internet was launched in the year 1989 . In a short space of 18 years people are already beginning to wonder how they would ever have coped without it We use the it to send e-mail , pay out utility bills , reserve tickets for flights or theatre , update our bank accounts , apply for loans and mortgages , purchase stock market shares , browse and purchase items from Internet stores , and of course to check up on every kind of day to day

information , e .g . news , weather and financial market indexes . Previously all these tasks entailed time-consuming and laborious physical procedures . For example , finding time on a weekday to visit the bank was irksome and clashed with our 9-5 routine . We used the `snail-mail ' for our post , and queued up hours to get tickets to theatres or sports events . We couldn 't even think of getting a bank loan , or a mortgage without a stern appointment with our bank manager , and most of our shopping was necessarily a chore

Many are opting to `telecommute ' as well , which means that they work from home with the PC connected to the office intranet , so they are able to avoid the horror of commuting to and from work daily . The Internet is now the primary means to secure a job . Students secure admissions to college and university online . After having got in they continue to depend on the Internet to collect course notes and other study materials , and even submit completed s to their instructors . This is not to mention that the Internet is the greatest possible source of scholarly information . Not only is the university library at the student 's fingertips , but the Internet itself is the most comprehensive library imaginable . Even romance is not exempt from the digital domain Through online dating agencies many people meet their future life partners and spouses on the Net

Not only work , the Internet has also become our station for play `Browsing the Net ' has become our favorite pastime , and indeed an addiction for many . We frequent websites based on our favorite sports personalities and movie stars . `Web chatting ' is also a hugely popular pastime on the Internet , where live conversations and discussions are carried out on specially designed thematic forums . With the advent of ` sharing ' we are swapping and sharing music and videos over the Net based on fan clubs and interest groups . By a recent estimate (Lipsman 2008 ) 694 million people worldwide use the Internet on a regular basis This is a measure of how far it has infiltrated and changed our lives Paradoxically , the Internet was devised by the military and was originally meant for the most secretive information . It is now the very by-word for openness

Of course , as with every technology , there are attendant evils . Along with authentic and reliable information , there is a flood of vindictive and motivated propaganda . Just as scholars are able to meet on the...

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