Is The Web Helping Or Hurting?

This is a very difficult question. The answer to this can go both ways. It is a debate that could go on forever.

The World Wide Web is a wonderful and powerful tool. However, it could be used for good and bad. The current generation, also known as Generation Y, has quickly evolved to being the most technologically advanced generation yet. Always and obsessively online, living life on the Internet, always connected with millions of others at any given time. Older generations seem to have a harder time adapting to our high tech world of today. The real question is, was the world better twenty years ago, without the hassle of the internet?

In my opinion, the World Wide Web, also commonly known as the 'Internet', can bring lots of advantages to our lives. Information on the web is quite easily accessible. All you need to do is type in a few simple keywords into a search engine, and "tada" you have 10 million results. Twenty years ago, the only way we were able to access information was through a library. Only if you were lucky, you had about five to ten resources. There is no doubt about it, that it was much more difficult to access information back in the day.

However, the internet can be quite evil. Websites such as Facebook, give off way too much information. Teenagers give out their personal information, such as their home addresses, phone number's and even the name of their school without even thinking of the potentially harmful consequences. This can lead to identity theft and other situations where your privacy may be exposed without your consent. Once you put something on the internet, it never comes off, even once its deleted. People tend to forget this. A potential boss can search you up on Facebook, and they will immediately get a first impression of you, before you ever get a chance to meet them in person. Wether the impression is a good or bad one, it should never come from a Facebook page.

Twenty years ago, life was much more simple, without all these worries about identity theft and leaking too much personal information on the internet, because internet didn't even exist. There is really no concrete answer to this question. The internet could definitely help, but in some cases it does more harm then good.