The Internet Makes Your Life Better

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Hanna English 1a Essay #2 The Internet Makes Your Life Better The 20th century is an era with many inventions and new ideas that were developed to make our lives easier and better. Amongst those inventions, the Internet is the most important invention that completely changes the world. In today society, one can argue that he or she cannot live without the internet, or a business cannot operate and sell its products and services without the internet. The internet is so important that it revolutionalized communication, business, education, applications and much more. It is like a virtual world where we can visit and do whatever we want. Yet, with it being an open source for everyone, the internet can also be use to harm others and bring negative impact our children. There is a current debate surrounding the topic of cyber safety or more specifically, pornographic sites, piracy, fraud and other malicious aspects that are on the Internet. Sometimes the Internet has some negative impacts on our society but overall, it does more good than bad. According to Amy Goldwasser, in her article, " What's the Matter with Kids Today," she expressed that even though computers and electronics can be used for good things such as learning about history, they are more likely used to lead teenagers in abusing them by being obsessed with online chat and becoming more into a second self. (TS)I agree with Goldwasser. To me, the internet supplies a lot of knowledge for humans and updates all of the necessary information such as technology, communication, news, education, social networking, etc. For these reasons, the Internet has made our lives easier and better each day.(IS) First of all, the Internet brings a lot of useful information that increases our knowledge. Nevertheless, some people probably argue that the Internet makes kids become lazy in reading and thinking because kids
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