I've been thinking about this lately and I think the issue is defining "appropriate use". Like with other technologies, either the technology has certain bad features in itself, or there is an appropriate way to design it or use it: https://infogalactic.com/info/Appropriate_technology
I think maybe a lot of people are using the internet "inappropriately" but unknowingly, but I'm questioning for myself what "appropriate use" means. What does it mean to you? I don't mean just avoiding seeing indecent things online, but that is inappropriate as well.
Social media online may allow for the spreading of useful information, or it may simply lead to gossip and a race to the bottom of unrealistic social standards. The ability to share audiovisuals online can be useful for educational purposes, or could be used to share indecent media. Internet access is kind of neutral and just opens up everyone to all these uses whether they want them to be used in this way or not.
The internet feels like a lot of information I didn't ask for and maybe don't need. And maybe a lot of information a lot of people cannot handle. Maybe an "elitist" argument can be made that the internet cannot be handled by the average person, they start using spyhardware and spysoftware and willingly become technoslaves in walled gardens, and may be better off without using the internet as much (I would hesitate to say at all).
Is it possible the internet and certain technologies might be good for the body, but harmful to the soul? While many people see technology as a liberating force, the internet requires an enormous amount of dependence on an interconnected web (literally and metaphorically) of techno-industrial manufacturing processes and development.
What's your assessment of the impact of the internet?
Primarily positive. I can now engage in research on nearly any topic without leaving my door, with zero limitation on subject matter, and without dealing with any of the pitfalls of a public library (obnoxious skunkapes, semi-psychotics, squealing teens, screeching rugrats, restrooms covered in shit, etc.).
On those rare occasions when I can find a movie or TV show not dripping with libtardation, I can watch it without any of the pixelation of Comcast.
I can now buy off the internet EXACTLY what I want, instead of having to settle for the crappy second choices sold locally...and deal with banks without having to endure public transit, stand in line, or endure uppity bank tellers that would fit in much better working at a snooty upscale restaurant.
As for the "impact" there will be good and bad, as with anything you can think of. The soft drinks you may love are the same that killed my aunt, because the dumb bitch swilled them all day, everyday for twenty years, until her kidneys turned to mush. The ton of sugar I put in my coffee everyday for the past thirty years, may turn you into an insulin addict in half the time. The porn I used to enjoy could turn another into a sex addict.
I think maybe a lot of people are using the internet "inappropriately" but unknowingly, but I'm questioning for myself what "appropriate use" means. What does it mean to you? I don't mean just avoiding seeing indecent things online, but that is inappropriate as well.
Social media online may allow for the spreading of useful information, or it may simply lead to gossip and a race to the bottom of unrealistic social standards. The ability to share audiovisuals online can be useful for educational purposes, or could be used to share indecent media. Internet access is kind of neutral and just opens up everyone to all these uses whether they want them to be used in this way or not.
The internet feels like a lot of information I didn't ask for and maybe don't need. And maybe a lot of information a lot of people cannot handle. Maybe an "elitist" argument can be made that the internet cannot be handled by the average person, they start using spyhardware and spysoftware and willingly become technoslaves in walled gardens, and may be better off without using the internet as much (I would hesitate to say at all).
Is it possible the internet and certain technologies might be good for the body, but harmful to the soul? While many people see technology as a liberating force, the internet requires an enormous amount of dependence on an interconnected web (literally and metaphorically) of techno-industrial manufacturing processes and development.
What's your assessment of the impact of the internet?
On those rare occasions when I can find a movie or TV show not dripping with libtardation, I can watch it without any of the pixelation of Comcast.
I can now buy off the internet EXACTLY what I want, instead of having to settle for the crappy second choices sold locally...and deal with banks without having to endure public transit, stand in line, or endure uppity bank tellers that would fit in much better working at a snooty upscale restaurant.
As for the "impact" there will be good and bad, as with anything you can think of. The soft drinks you may love are the same that killed my aunt, because the dumb bitch swilled them all day, everyday for twenty years, until her kidneys turned to mush. The ton of sugar I put in my coffee everyday for the past thirty years, may turn you into an insulin addict in half the time. The porn I used to enjoy could turn another into a sex addict.