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A global village, that
is certainly what the world feels like nowadays. With the help of the world wide web, you can reach out
and get to know people you might never have met in person. Articles can be
co-authored, business deals can be finalized, degrees can be earned and at
times even medical advice can be given- and all of this is just a click away.
Electronic
mail, instant messages, web cameras and microphones; all these gadgets and
programs make the presence of the other person more real. Who knows; with the
help of visual reality you might even get a 3-D image of the speaker! I believe
that the Internet is one the best inventions of the last century, you can
hardly get to miss anyone and nobody is really out of reach. You can keep in
touch with your friends, and be able to do your work from your bedroom in your
pajamas!
However, the
internet can also be a major source of harassment. Spammers and hackers can
invade your privacy and get personal/confidential information, which otherwise
they will never get access to. You are never out
of anybody’s reach, unless you make a conscious decision of not checking your
email, there can be always more work waiting for you in your inbox and you
might never have a moment to yourself. Worse yet, if you were a workaholic, you
might never experience that stress-free vacation ever again in your life –
simply, because you have your mobile workplace with you at all times.
As a romantic, I
will always look forward to getting an occasional letter in the snail mail. A
personal letter, where I can sense the mood of the writer by the slants in
his/her handwriting and get to know him/her better. But as a type A personality
person, the internet gives me all what I dream of in terms of communication –
the speed, reliability, and convenience of time and place. I can certainly tolerate
its shortcomings any day, as long as it keeps me close to my loved ones.
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