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Topic: Where would society be without the internet? (Read 24625 times)

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Well, the answer really depends upon the way the question is asked regarding the scenario in which the internet is no more or never was;

Q1) What if the internet never existed?
Long Answer: If the internet had never been invented, we would be in an era much like the late 1980s. We would still be technologically innovative, as that is our nature. However, without the ease of access of information and tools the internet provides, we would be much more slow in our innovation. Look at it this way, if the internet was never a thing, we would still have the tools it provides, but not centralized into one machine/program. Take a look at something like Photoshop. That doesn't require an internet connection per say, however, you have tools, extras, tutorials and information you can find on the internet. Without the ease of information and sharing that the internet provides, you would have to find that information from somewhere else, be it a book, newspaper, magazine, or a physical person.

TL;DR: We would be in an era similar to the late 1980s, with a lot of technological innovation, but no ease of access to that information to the common consumer.

Q2) What if the internet was disabled due to a new law or regulation, or destroyed by technological warfare?
Long Answer: In a world full of regulations and scares regarding net neutrality, many people are, sadly, asking this question. If the world lost internet connectivity altogether, it would be like living in "London in the 1840s with no steam power, or New York in the 1930s with no elevators."1 Going along with those examples, imagine living in a highly populated area full of these new, towering buildings and you work on the top floor, along with hundreds of other employees. It would be nearly miserable to just walk up and down the staircase to get to work. Or if you lived in a highly industrious area that used new technology to build machines humans thought would be impossible to harness the power of for hundreds of years, without the use of a new major power source such as steam. It would be a chaotic mess of people who solely relied upon the internet for information, entertainment, social interaction, and inter-business connectivity. A world where people are left to wonder, and fail to reconstruct their once beloved internet, but never cease to stop their failed resurrections. The internet can be compared to an addiction. I'll compare it to the 1920s in the United States, and the Prohibition Era. If you take away something people love and crave, like alcohol, like the internet, they will go through hell and back with vehemence to get it back. People will set up things similar to the internet, an intranet, if you will. They will never be able to gain wide popularity, and have to be hidden, and cost a pretty penny to be a part of. Because hey, if the internet is gone and you figure out how to get something like it back in private circulation while hiding the entire operation from the government, you deserve some extra cash.

TL;DR: If the internet were to be eradicated, it would send not only your country into a frenzy for some sort of reconciliation, but the entire world. On top of the world being in chaos and nobody being able to speak their minds to the entire world (over the internet), some people would attempt to monetize the situation with illegal activity consisting of setting up private intranets and requiring a high priced subscription in order to join.

In Two Sentences: If the internet would have never been created, the world would be very similar in terms of technological progress and innovation to the 1970 and 1980 eras. If the internet were to be destroyed in some sort of way, it would bring crimes being committed to attempt to revive the internet in a highly monetized dystopia similar to the United States' Prohibition Era in the 1920s and 30s.

1: Snow, Blake. “What Would a World Without Internet Look Like?” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 5 Apr. 2016, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/a-world-without-internet/476907/.

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There is no doubt that internet revolutionize the world of today and the way of living of the people. We cannot deny the great things it produce and its great effect unto us. However, we cannot also deny the fact that it has also negative impacts on our lives. Thus, some people questioned about where would be the society without the internet? First, I think the progress would be slower as compare to how we are developing right now. Second, we are as complacent and stagnant as compare today. We cannot discover more things and we cannot explore those things without the help of the internet. And lastly, we are only venturing into the society of unknown. I think that we may not achieve what we have today if we do not have the internet. I believe that it is the greatest invention of a man that provides many opportunities to create also greatness, and without it, we will just be as plain as before.
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For me, the worst thing about the internet is that people don't have sincere relationships. We got used to hiding behind the social networks.
Without the internet, we would have more time to spend with our friends and family, do things that we really like and that would be truly useful for us.
But the influence of the internet isn't that bad as some people say. We should always remember that everything depends only on us. People have to control themselves and try to spend a certain amount of time on the internet every day, so they would have time for other stuff.
Also, the internet is irreplaceable for people whose jobs depend on it.
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I think without internet, the world will be as archaic as it was from the beginning, but the internet has helped in so many ways
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It is very important to have human relations which the net has spoiled.
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I think everything will be better though it. I believe that without the internet, there won't be fake news roaming around and there won't be a lot of things for us to fear of. People will be able to communicate well personally as it has before. It may not be too convenient for us but there would be a peaceful communication. We'll all live in a traditional way as our ancestors did and they survived it.
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Unemployment in the World Increases
If there is no Internet Unemployment in the world will increase very large. many people who earn money through the internet from various businesses and their own way with blogging, the pebisinis and bloggers will be idle if there is no internet because, the source of that activity is the internet.

Communication will decrease
Communication between countries will be reduced, people will also experience it because of chat, video chat, email does not exist. and will also impact on business activities that require a wide network between countries.

Difficult Data Transfer
Now we can easily transfer different types of Audio, Video, Text, PDF files, Applications over the internet but if the internet does not exist, how to transfer files? it will definitely be very difficult. and People will transfer files manually using USB, Bluetooth, CD-rom etc.

Science
If the internet world does not exist, in the library will be crowded by many people, because the book will be very important when in the old days later, on the internet we can find thousands and even millions of blogs that contain about the information we need, so without the internet we will search information by visiting the library. and maybe more books will be published.

Cash transactions
Credit Cards, bank transfers will no longer operate, because the internet network is the most important part in the bank companies, people will send money by way of the Post Office. and the paypal company will probably stop.

Meet each other
People will more often meet if the internet does not exist, because there is no more social media and groups are widely used for discussion.

Turning To Business In Real Life
Offline businesses will again start earning more sales and online business will actually end. The giant Google company will certainly stop and do offline business of course.
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A more traditional way of living would happen. If I'll choose between now and before where everything isn't instant, I would choose the way of living before. Internet introduces the advancement of technology as it makes our communication a lot easier than before. Although this innovation supports communication, it somehow disconnects us to everyone. If this innovation wouldn't happen, maybe a personal interaction with others will be the only option to get to know someone or to catch up with someone. That's somehow a great thing to have because the efforts of someone to connect someone isn't that instant, it always requires effort which this current innovation diminished. Our society will be filled with people who always move. The society would not be as complicated as what we are now. But I'm not saying that this innovation doesn't contribute good things. This innovation is the fruit of humans' hunger to an easier life and that's what we all want. Also, internet makes everyone more knowledgeable since information can be get instantly. Thus, if internet wasn't introduced, everyone would have a hard time in having information and that's one of the negative side of having no internet. We can see that everything has its own positive and negative side but the thing is that we should let ourselves innovative continuously in having balance of everything of which should be considered.
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Our society would have better relations with each other. We would spend more time for real meetings but these meetings would be valued much stronger. Our knowledges would also become stronger in spite of their smaller quantity. But we would also have less opportunities to know truth without Internet.
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Society was doing just fine for centuries long before internet exist, and i think it will be just fine too if internet is gone!
Maybe it will takes some times, but society will actually bounce back!
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The internet is a product that has affected the lives of billions world wide. Now if the interney didn't exist,  there would have been something like it which also would have had same impact
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My  Opinion is without internet we cant do any thing now a days, Its become life need as well now.This young generation really know about that ,no need to explain much, Its really needed.Am I wrong ?
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Internet is part of our society now and part of every individual's life, we are used to it already because it makes everything easy.  Without internet, society would be the same as before, slow and works would be done manually and takes time to be done.  Society would not knew Bitcoin without internet.
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Your guess?

i guess human relations would be better than today.. everyone would respect each other

Indeed! Keyboard warriors would also be lessen. Grin

All will go back into hard core researching in libraries if they want to look for information. Television and newspapers will go back to mainstream again.

The only negative thing I see is the communication, it's better to see your loved ones rather than reading a letter right?
newbie
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Maybe our society will be boring and we cannot connect our family and other business appointment because internet is very useful to us nowadays, and without internet we cannot make other doing easy without using internet.
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Maybe people nowadays if the internet was gone they will live being boring. But I dont actually see it as that. I think it is more healthy to live without internet, because as you can see people who live in the year 1800 tend to enjoy life at its fullest. They get to swim, play, and interact because they are not that busy.
So what do you think, is it happier to live without internet?
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People without the Internet of course exist in remote areas, far from the big city. To reach the area must go through forests and roads are winding and steep. Still many areas that have not been touched by technology. Trading is still with the goods exchange system .
newbie
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Surely farther from the world; but at the same time closer to people. Great paradox is not it?
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We would live slower and in more conscious way
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