Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
Quit blaming the internet for the worlds problems. They said the same thing about books when they started being mass produced.
The internet is just like a book. Its a wonderful way to get information about a subject. Just because its written in a book doesn't make it the truth but like the internet, a logical person will filter the results.
I never said that the influx of information is a bad thing. The internet is more than a place merely for information. It's interactive. Books do not replace human interaction entirely like the internet could. In this day and age, if someone really wanted to, they could work from home, have everything delivered to them and never go outside. The loss of primitive forms of interaction with others. Lots of misinformation that would even deceive the most logic of minds, the ability to erase the identity of a person through communication via the internet. In Japan there is a prevailing problem amongst youth called "Hikkomori," which means acute social withdrawl. We are starting to witness this problem in the US. 1 in 6 people ages 18-24 do not have a job or go to school. That's a pretty serious social problem.

Now I'm not saying this will turn out to be a doomsday scenario with this, but I can see how the general perception to go in the direction to isolate themselves. Like psycho4bud pointed out, it's a very big con. How can we have a healthy population in general when the majority doesn't want to be outside in the world? Our kids getting more fat because they playing WOW instead of playing tag or cops and robbers. Not even the Wii replaces it, I tried it, it's hardly exercise. Sure it does get you moving, but it can't adequately replace the real thing.

The other issue is perception. Sure you have access to 100 hundreds of sources, credible or not, with millions of opinions. One could literally believe anything they want. With that the information could be so damaging it affects the relationships between humanity. It could alter healthy perceptions to replace ones with corrupt. It could make an invert impact, but humans generally highlight the negatives. It affects the primitive forms of interactions with other.