Everything these days is online; TV shows, movie rentals, social communities, grocery shopping, banking, photo albums, and home videos. Everything! And most of it is free, if you don’t mind the ads (by the way if you see links with a double underline in this blog that is an ad link that edublogs puts in, dont click on it). A computer is a great tool, but more and more if it is not connected to the internet it is useless. Airplanes now have internet access! (You can finally use the Airplane mode on your phone). Stores offer free Wifi, iPods can surf the web, and everyone knows that cell phones are no more, now we have SmartPhones, PDAs and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices).
But are we better off?
I remember when my parents didnt want to get a cell phone because they didnt want to be available always. Or when I would check my e-mail on Prodigy once a week. When computers called the internet with dial-up speeds. And every thing was tethered to the outlets or phone jacks.
And what if you are not connected? There are millions of people without internet connection and many are living happily without it. Maybe they have never seen Twiggy water ski or Googled themselves, but they are still content.
But are we better off?
Next time you instinctively check your email for the 25th time or log-in to Facebook to view old high school friends Photoshopped pictures think about your life before you were plugged in.
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