Do you think the internet overall is worse or better for society?

Question

If you were to balance all the pros and cons on a scale, what side would the scale lean too?

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

Like everything else in this world it has good qualities and bad qualities

When I was 8 years old I wish I would have had the internet because you have the whole world in your hands you can become a genius.

At the same time it has bad things because of all the things that you hear that are not true

We get information 10 times faster where before if something happened on the East Coast I'm on the west coast I wouldn't even know about it now everything is glamorized or just shut down same with our newscasters our news media they put up what they want to put up and it used to be true nowadays it's all fake so our news media has become more or less like our internet they don't care what they say or do there is no more becoming number one and being the first one with the story and being right now they just put up anything they want so if you weigh them both out

It would probably be better if we didn't have it

And it would probably be better if we had our news media the way it used to be 34 years ago where everybody was fighting to become number one and doing the best possible job that they could do because that's the past I don't know if I'll ever see that again

ɹǝʇʇɐɥpɐW · Accepted Answer

If we're talking about specifically for society? It's terrible. And that's not the fault of the internet itself. The fault lies with society and how they choose to use it. The internet gives you all of mankind's collective knowledge at your fingertips, as well as near-instant communication globally. It's an incredibly powerful tool that can be used to accomplish great things, make your life much easier, and even empower any one of us to get the education and tools we need to succeed at most anything we want. But we choose to use it for social media, brain rot memes, and weird conspiracy theories.

We, as a species, just weren't ready for it.

electromagnetic · Accepted Answer

What are they call? iPad babies or something like that? I think we’re in a generation where everyone is glued to their phones because of the internet. The ability to share information happens faster than a blink of an eye. I don’t think it’s the internet exactly, I think it’s how we as a society have become so dependent on it for making our lives easier. Video surveillance, getting YouTube to babysit your children… The internet isn’t failing us as a society, we are failing our selves by our dependence to it.

PBandJ_Nerd · Accepted Answer

It can be bad for mental health if you're on it too much and don't go outside. Anything else could be that people might accidentally find something embarrassing, but that's about it. For me it's helped me find events that I can go to in person and get out of the house a little more.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Internet is not an issue , at all. It cannot be a problem when  selecting information  is taught and understood, when understanding how  information can be manipulated , then internet can only be a blessing. Because Internet delivers a huge amount of outstandingly important information.

mandyfire98 · Answer

Worse probably.  Digital tv and movies and music and podcasts are cool.  GPS is amazing.  Everything else is probably worthless or downright bad honestly.

elTAHAwy · Answer

Depending on what we consider better for society Internet as a way of connect has made significant changes to the society sometimes good and sometimes bad Internet has made access to information very easy and less time consuming and at a time of click reducing time used be students and researchers to look for information on the other hand Internet has made people so leasy and consume a lot of time on social media without any real value instead of studying or reading books for example

Account · Answer

Eh it depends on what you choose to see. If you take some time to set some restrictions on what you consume, you will mostly see better aspects of it.

NaultD · Answer

It's the collection of all of human knowledge in your back pocket. More knowledge then the great library of Alexandria with redundancy. It's honestly the greatest tool humanity has ever built.

With great power comes greater responsibility so there's that to take into account. To be honest i think we are still in the growing pains of such a responsibility. To endlessly question our relationship with this tool is important but to abandoned it is the end of humanity.

blueonblack22 · Answer

Worse. And I say that as someone who has made a career working on the internet.

The technology in itself isn’t “bad” of “evil”. Even the inventors of social media and dating apps never imagined the detrimental impacts on society (although onlyfans is a different story in my opinion).

But what matters is what people DO with the technology that’s the problem.

MemeSupreme · Answer

i-i-i i am too slow rn to answer this lol i'll come back in 12 hours

AviatorTom · Answer

Overall, the Internet is better, supporting global interaction, bringing us closer together, and making information readily available. But it does enable some people to do bad things, which they wouldn't do if there was no Internet.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

it's a human right... there are not bad things for an individual or societies... there are only bad ways of using things and they are always people choices

Unit1 · Answer

I work from home, so for me it's revolutionary to have it. And I got them AI beauties too! And I'm not indulging mindlessly in the privacy nightmare and cesspool called social media and phone addictions.

Eight_Ball · Answer

Worse. But it's here to stay, just like the abominations that are touch screens.

Anonymous · Answer

It takes up a lot of time, but if it’s used correctly, it’s worth it plus, you can do a lot of research just don’t let it be a distraction to your daily activities

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Internet by itself is actually beneficial. It helps connect with people and gather information conveniently. However, it's how people use it being the issue. Our society may not yet be matured enough to use the internet and the fact that people blame the internet which is considered an inanimate object instead of blaming themselves basically proves my point. What people need to teach is self discipline instead of demonizing the internet.

exitseven · Answer

It os worse. It was something that was developed to allow collaboration and education. It soon degenerated into porn and social media

SeekerOfTruth007 · Answer

It's worse for society. The total indecency and total pornography and human trafficking has gone up since internet was invented.

thatshydork · Answer

Depends on what part of the internet I guess.

Unap0logetic_ · Answer

Right now, from everything I’ve seen and witnessed, I’m leaning to the worse.

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

I think it's better, but it depends on you and what you want to do with it.

MK1997 · Answer

Worse people were fine without Internet for ages

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

Worse because nefarious folk and groups have hijacked it.

noohair · Answer

That is tough. Sometimes the changes to values in society don't make sense.

Anonymous · Answer

I used to think it was better, but now I think it's worse, although, not as bad as cell phones (especially so called "smart phones").

Shiningtempest · Answer

I believe the Internet overall is better for society because we can connect with similar people easier & find information lot faster.

Crazzyyworld · Answer

World Wide Web = 666. Internet is often used by devil more than goodness

CubaPirate · Answer

Definitely worse

strateguy632 · Answer

Much more evil than the small help.

DextroShade · Answer

It was a positive before social media.

LiamS95 · Answer

It probably depends on the user.

PrettyCrumblBb · Answer

The Internet sucks

bluesparrow · Answer

We are much better off with the Internet.

paledreams · Answer

Better for society that internet exists 😝

Agape93 · Answer

Worse

Pohjolan · Answer

Bitter overall.

Walksbehindtherows · Answer

Good overall

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