Quote:Is it a blessing or a curse?

I'm torn. In the end will it be a curse? No creative thinking? Machine rule? Power given to terrorist groups? Too much relying on it...banking, power gride,etc.

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View the world as never before? Research help? Contacting others? Convenience. Communication. And what would some do without Facebook.

When I read the title I immediately thought 'yes.' I mean people are helpless without it. The internet renders years of experience as maybe equal to a post I found.

 

It is a blessing, but its also a curse. Now your doctor isn't an expert because webmd has a disease that you have some symptoms of and your sure you got it. His years of medical training/residency/ and experience are brought into question for no other reason than you read something online and came into his office with a preconceived idea. Thats not only taking away your ability to think critically (by predisposing you to a certain outcome), but also ruining trust in a individual who spent years training for something based on a 2 minute google search.

 

But at the same time, it also gives us unprecedented access to information. We just don't always know what to do with it. Now I can find out if I am really getting a 'deal' on that car. I can read ratings of different companies and have an idea what they are like (although you have to take this with a grain of salt even now, as many companies specialize in gaming these kind of things).

 

So its a mixed bag. Just like the people who make it. Take it for what it is.

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