Life without the internet: Life changing?

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one day, or overnight, we may find the net a lot different than today...

restricted by governments, crashed by virus, etc. what may be the catylist for this one can only imagine...

but if the net was restricted, ...no forums, just business and essential services, how would it affect your life? what are the positives? negatives?

 

[investorpaul]

Re: life without the internet. life changing?

one day, or overnight, we may find the net a lot different than today...

restricted by governments, crashed by virus, etc. what may be the catylist for this one can only imagine...

but if the net was restricted, ...no forums, just business and essential services, how would it affect your life? what are the positives? negatives?

We had no internet at work for 2.5 days (there was a problem at the exchange). I can tell you it is annoying, boring, frustrating and every other negative word I can thing of.

It really limits your ability to work. When it was first down I thought no big deal, ill get on with some paperwork, but that quickly runs out and you find yourself needing the net to look things up for work or to send and recieve emails etc. It was the most boring 2.5 days of my work life yet.

Luckily my phone has the net so I was able to get onto ASF.

That was my experience from just one office having no net, if the world lost the net there would be chaos, the world would collapse. Imaging no trading, no FOREX, no internet banking, limited correspondence. World trade would grind to a halt and there would be a rush on banks to get your cash out because people wouldnt trust the "computers" to remember how much was in there.

 

[Green08]

Youngsters would learn to spell and use the Thesaurus

Handwriting becomes legible - Dr's are excused

Maths improves so the skill of drafting is reborn

Memory and recall improve

 

[Conza88]

Nothing compared to if Television the world over stopped working.

People would stop being pumped full of bs propaganda, take a look outside for a few minutes and realise - it ain't all that bad.

They may actually learn to think for themselves again, instead of mindlessly repeating talking points they've heard from the tube.

 

[Wysiwyg]

one day, or overnight, we may find the net a lot different than today...

restricted by governments, crashed by virus, etc. what may be the catylist for this one can only imagine...

but if the net was restricted, ...no forums, just business and essential services, how would it affect your life? what are the positives? negatives?

I was just thinking the internet will increase average human intelligence at a fast rate. The bad guys can't use it to propagate their rubbish because they expose themselves and can be easily tracked or shut down. Especially by the authorities.

So lookout for a smarter world in the next decade as more and more people can afford to access the internet. It may even liberate the people who have been fed lies and propaganda or suppressed by their ruling elite.

 

[Smurf1976]

In 1900 the world survived perfectly well without the internet and with very limited use of electricity, motorised transport and machines in general.

But as each of these things became common, we've built upon it - effectively it's a means of leveraging human productivity on a massive scale. In 2009 having no internet, electricity etc ends life as we know it and, since everything has built upon these technologies, it even brings things like food supply to an immediate halt (perhaps not the internet but loss of electricity certainly would).

20 years ago not having the internet didn't matter because everything was set up accordingly. Now everything is set up on the assumption that we have constant access to the internet - the "old" systems for doing things are no longer in place so we can't simply go back to using them. Just as we no longer have the means to cope without cars, power etc.

 

[Knobby22]

People without the internet are slowly becoming second class citizens.
They have difficulty comparing deals, they will pay more for basic services etc.

A good example is the Trading Post now not being printed. How do the poor buy a used car without going through a dealer now?

 

[drsmith]

The internet world of today is far better than than the world of 20 years ago with respect to many things.

 

[Smurf1976]

People without the internet are slowly becoming second class citizens.
They have difficulty comparing deals, they will pay more for basic services etc.

Agreed it's passed that point where it's now a necessity for most people to go about their day to day business.

 

[Wysiwyg]

20 years ago not having the internet didn't matter because everything was set up accordingly. Now everything is set up on the assumption that we have constant access to the internet - the "old" systems for doing things are no longer in place so we can't simply go back to using them. Just as we no longer have the means to cope without cars, power etc.

I see your point.

The elders teaching the next generation how to hunt and survive is constantly on the change and becoming ever so reliant on "energy".

 

[Naked shorts]

Well all the conspiracy theorists wouldn't have internet forums to spread their misguided propaganda and they wouldn't be able to comfort each other for having ideas heavily influenced by cognitive dissonance, ignorance, elitism, and arrogance.

Just saying..

 

[Boyou]

My dependence on the internet really hit home to me just recently when the wi fi modem my ISP supplied broke down.A replacement was going to be at least 2 weeks way.

Briefley ,I thought that I could wing it for that long and wait for the replacement,but then I started thinking about the implications of that for my business and personal life

Afterconsidering the prospect of being virtually "blind" for 2 weeks..I signed up with another ISP..I now have two contracts running .with 6 months to go on the first

It is essential to my life..simple. Anyone else had to make that kind of choice?

 

[Tink]

20 years ago not having the internet didn't matter because everything was set up accordingly. Now everything is set up on the assumption that we have constant access to the internet - the "old" systems for doing things are no longer in place so we can't simply go back to using them. Just as we no longer have the means to cope without cars, power etc.

Yep, I agree Smurf

What you dont have, you dont miss, but now we got them, they are a part of our lives.

 

[Mr J]

I was just thinking the internet will increase average human intelligence at a fast rate.

So lookout for a smarter world in the next decade as more and more people can afford to access the internet.

More intelligent or just more informed?

For better and worse, the internet has been a huge part of my life. It's one reason I slowed my trading strategy, so I don't have to be in front of the computer so much.