How does the internet affect us?

Most of us (at least if you read it, then you are ranked among this majority) are able to use the Internet. This invention of mankind has become an indispensable aspect of everyone's life. And of course, the Internet has a great impact on the life of a particular person and society as a whole.

Of course, now there are a lot of articles on the topic “Pros and Cons of the Internet” and pretty trivial things are given there. But sometimes, to dig a little deeper, you need to remember what lies on the surface. Therefore, perhaps, I will start with a simple banalism, which is obvious to almost everyone. I will not razmusolivat, but briefly explain.

So, we first consider the positive aspects of the influence of the Internet on external factors of the human environment.

Pros:

1. Alternative ways of earning.

With the advent of the Internet, it became possible to work remotely. Such a fashionable word is now “freelancer”. In the days of the USSR, they would look at you as insane, turn them around your temple and tell them to do business, and not all of this. But not now. The Internet opened the door for many new professions, and also helped a huge number of people start working for themselves, planning their work day and their free time on their own.

2. Friends around the world.

If earlier you with your “close soul” were born in different parts of the world, then, my friend, you were not lucky. For you may never meet (or maybe meet, fate is such a thing). But I’m not going to write love stories here, in general, it was hard to find a loved one if this did not happen to be in your environment. Of course there is a whole city, a country, after all. But now the Internet has expanded these boundaries tens, hundreds of times. Now you can correspond with a foreigner, having vague ideas about his language, simply by driving phrases into an online translator. Of course, everything is still far from ideal, but if you look at this huge leap in progress, it seems that the future is close enough.

3. Without leaving home.

Well, everything is very simple here. Absolutely everything can be delivered home, simply by filling out an application on the right website or online store. Without departing from the cash register. Chose. I ordered it. I paid. Got. Another question is that with the actual look we sometimes fail. But this is a separate issue. Someone may say that this is a minus, but given that the author is a little introvert, so it’s a plus, don’t be angry :)

4. Accessibility of knowledge.

If before, in order to find out something in a certain field, you had to go to the library, find a book, write it out, read a bunch of unnecessary and unfiltered information in order to fetch at least a drop of knowledge (and if your topic is not developed at all in your country, then, sorry, somehow myself), now everything is very simple. Opened the search bar. I scored a request. Enjoy it. Information from around the world. A complete web of knowledge. Although here now there are a sufficient number of articles with excess material. But still, this cannot be compared with what it was.

We talked about the good, why not come to the bad. This is where the “granny” mode is activated.
“Here in my time”

"It used to be better"

So, the cons:

1. Alternative reality.

Sometimes a person does not like his own life. And to change it is not enough strength or courage. Therefore, people head to the virtual machine just to feel like those who in real life they are not.

2. Harsh advertising.

I think that everyone sitting here has AdBlock. Not from a beautiful life, I suppose. Indeed, there are too many advertisements. She becomes too intrusive, too open, too frank. It undermines the moral principles of many people. And children are generally scared to launch on the Internet, as if released into the street with maniacs. I immediately recall the 1st season of the series "Black Mirror", where a person was forced to open his eyes to watch ads. Funny, isn't it?

3. Minimum liability.

When you don’t directly see the person’s face, you don’t hear his voice, then some people immediately feel a sense of freedom that no one is watching you. A slight degree of permissiveness inspires the head and write lost. Insults, obscenities, threats - this is only a small part that a person allows himself who feels impunity and freedom of action.

4. Health.

Although rather this applies to all computers in general. We will not even talk about vision, this is a hedgehog understand. Just even if you take into account a sedentary lifestyle at the computer, which inevitably leads to problems with the cardiovascular system, overweight, and the nervous system. You can continue the list yourself, each with its own. But movement is life my roof said and drove off, therefore, with a lack of activity, the body begins to crumble in any case.

So, well, sort of the basics and commonplace sorted out. And then comes the fun part. How does the internet affect our brains? This is a global part of our life, our work, our productivity. We can say that this is we, our personality. How is the Internet reflected in our most important organ?

1. The availability of information causes amnesia in a person.

When a person knows in his subcortex that at any moment he can obtain information using the Internet at hand, he begins to remember information worse. All this becomes a kind of Internet addiction. We remember only the method of obtaining information, and not its essence. And that is the problem. You can read more about this effect inwiki .

2. Excessive flow of information.

The large flow of information and knowledge coming from the Internet, as well as the inability to filter and structure them, strongly influence our perception of reality. The brain begins to get confused in the evidence and sometimes creates non-existent memories. And only after putting everything on the shelves, you understand that you saw this closet in a photo from a friend in Vkontakte, and not that you were going to buy it.

3. Lack of stimulation.

Even the worst and poorest training encourages us to think. Education is not a school and institute (although they are including), but the activity that is done by the brain and at the given time is quite complicated for it. You can’t read books and hope to become a master.

Small Sammari:

Everything in this life must be experienced, in practice. Machines and dry information will never teach this, and in this they will never replace living people. For the brain to live, think, develop and flourish, you need to constantly water and nourish it. For people to live, you need to develop the brain. Everything is simple. You need to go in different directions, apply knowledge in real life, not be afraid to try and start. And the Internet should be a tool in our hands to achieve our goals, and not the meaning of life. And then everything will be right and in place.

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