Topic: Where would society be without the internet? - page 26. (Read 24611 times)

Well if we compare the statement from our time, it would probably have a lot of differences. In terms of economy including advancements, business, education, how we socialize, media and many more. But if the internet do not really exist our lives will still be in normal, because we're not aware on it at the very first.

Without the Internet, people will spend more time outdoors and communicate with each other, but many people will lose their jobs due to lack of Internet and the ability to communicate quickly.

The Internet has become a part of life and not only. Technology the Internet is communication, communication, traffic flow management, energy systems and many other things. Yes a person can live without social networks, but without all the rest.

Most the time society used their time in internet. Nowadays most of transaction through internet even buying things, pay bill, games, communicating friends and some of works are online. For now people always link in internet. Internet now is part of humanities and if internet is out people is inadequate.

A society without internet is a happy community. Because they do natural ways like people would talk more often like they used to do and children is more jolly they wont get obese, they will play out side and get sweat.

Yeah.. if less porn is available, then people may be more interested in the real sex. Recently, there was a study which claimed that the countries which are most addicted to porn (such as Japan and South Korea) are having some of the lowest birth rates in the world.

Having more sex and maybe singing around fire at nights.

Without the internet, the society would have been as backward and dark as it was in the stone age. The internet has now broken barriers such that the world now has become a "global village" where anything that is happening in any part of the world will be known in matters of seconds.
Without the internet we would have been in a society passing simple information across would be a tall order.
Society without the internet would as dark as hell!

Authoritative approach on parenting...doesn't really work out well for kids.  All that will happen is the kids will either be afraid of breaking the rules and ignorant, or they'll do as they please behind the parents' back.

I guess if our society without internet ,like we used to do people would have start talking to each other more.Children would have go to library to do or search for their assignments instead of using google.People would have received letters by post mails instead of emails. People would have only connected with their real friends instead of friends on facebook even you dont know them personally.

Society would be simple and very peaceful.  Long distance communication would be hard but the trust would be stronger.  Values will be more valued.  Morals will be high. Personal relationship would be better since we talk more than facing our phones wholeday.  Self confidence will not be based on how many likes you received but on how you feel about yourself.  Im not against internet.  It helped me in a very great way.  Just its negative side. It's so alarming. 

Yes, it still in the hand of the user on how the internet will affect his life.  Those fake news were also created in today's events.  But of course, things that we believed to have real before were corrected, thanks to the internet.  We learned new things daily about every topic here on earth.  Still like what you said people are still in control of its use.  Be the user of the internet but not to the point that you are the one being used.

Would be a better place? I don't think so, you just relied on the disadvantages of the internet but on the general advantages of it, i have seen in so many documentaries/news especially in my country to help lost children, people who really needs help and also busting the fake news which a trend now, not only in my country.
You have a point but above all, it's still the user who will decide on how the internet will affect his own life.

Well of course both has it advantages and disadvantages - internet has become one of the most influential thing that happened to this generation.


Advantages:

1) Information on almost every subject imaginable.
2) Powerful search engines
3) Ability to do research from your home versus research libraries.
4) Information at various levels of study. Everything from scholarly articles to ones directed at children.
5) Message boards where people can discuss ideas on any topic. Ability to get wide range of opinions. People can find others that have a similar interest in whatever they are interested

Disadvantages:

1) There is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can post anything, and much of it is garbage.
2) There are predators that hang out on the internet waiting to get unsuspecting people in dangerous situations.
3) Some people are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing problems with their interactions of friends and loved ones.
4) Pornography that can get in the hands of young children too easily.
5) Easy to waste a lot of time on the internet. You can start surfing, and then realize far more time has passed than you realized. Internet and television together of added to the more sedentary lifestyles of people which further exacerbates the obesity problem.

Source: testenglish.info

It would be better, everyone seems to be running around with their own opinions these days and you can easily ruin a business/reputation with fake reviews. There are some good parts as well but majority of the people are too focused on unnecessary things that has no place in reality. Quality > Quantity. When quantity of the information increases, quality degrades.

i agree. the disadvantage of internet from what i see is addiction because once you hook in internet you do not notice time how many hours you spend a lot of time in internet and the other one is losing your personal health because of doing nothing . 

Well the power went out for a day due to some crazy weather in the area and a bunch of trees fell down.
So the answer is people go outside talk to neighbors help each other out, walk around the neighbourhood greeting people and then sitting outside and enjoying the evening and sunset.
In other words its kind of like retirement living ^^.

Somebody, that you never met is not your "friend", "lover" or "partner". It is merely virtual persona behind another computer screen.

Friend is somebody, who helps you in the time of troubles, because of personal connection. Adult man should know that.

Apparently, humankind was around for 200 000 years before DARPA developed network in case of nuclear war. So, I dont think. that life with internet would be so hard. It was done before. By all of your ancestors.

This life is hard without internet. People in the world will not know each other, all information will not convey quickly. Thanks to this, people across the country can make friends and make friends. Introduce your country to friends in Europe.

Would be a better place. Why? Because people won't be so lazy relying on the internet. Internet affects the children mostly. For example, the students before and now. Before students go to the library and look for books as their references for their school requirements. Unlike now, most students just surf in the internet and copy and paste information. Yes surely internet is a great help for easy access but let us not abuse it. Another example are the kids. Instead of playing outside discovering things, they choose to stay inside and play their tables and laptops. And i guess it would be more nice and challenging without internet