How The World Wide Web Has Changed Our Lives

The invention of the world wide web has changed human society forever. Information on every topic imaginable is at our fingertips. We no longer rely on newspapers and television for our news, we no longer have to go to the store to buy music, and we no longer need to send letters in the mail to communicate with each other. The internet has had a very positive impact on our lives. With all the wonderful things the internet has given us, not all of it is so glorious. The internet has provided a wider horizon and more technical means to commit computer crimes such as illegal intrusion into others' computer facilities, spreading viruses through the internet, stealing and modifying commercial secrets, and others. Not to mention the booming pornography industry has a pretty huge presence on the internet. But overall, the invention of the world wide web has had a positive impact on our lives.

A long time ago, the only way people got their news was to buy a newspaper. Later on people could get their news by listening to the radio. With the invention of television, people can simply watch the news on TV. The internet has given us an even wider range of options of where we get our news. We can now access news from all around the world, in all different countries, and from all different view points. We could say that the internet has allowed us to broaden our knowledge and understanding of the goings on in the world we live in.

The internet has also allowed us more options on how we buy music. Before the internet, our only option was to go to a music store and buy the CD's of our favorite music artists. Now we can get music without even leaving our homes. By downloading music from an array of different websites, we can burn songs straight to our computers and put songs onto a disc or load them onto our iPods, or whatever the listening device may be. We dont even have to buy the whole CD if we dont want to! We can pick and choose songs as we please. It's definitely convenient. Of course the convenience of buying things online covers all sorts of different products, but the change in how we buy music has been revolutionized by the internet.

The way we send mail has also been revolutionized by the internet. Communicating over long distances used to involve a postman, a mailbox, and buying a postage stamp. Otherwise, we had to make long distance phone calls which also cost us money. But now the world has given us email. An instant, free, and fun way of communicating. We can send messages to friends at any time of day and we don't have to wait days for them to receive it, and we also don't have to wait days to receive their response. We can send an email half way around the world and they'll get the message instanly. It makes us wonder, how did we ever cope before email? With email, grandparents can receive pictures of their grandchild's special moments, just moments after they occur. It's amazing!

The world wide web has changes many aspects of human society in a positive way. The options it has given us on where we get our news, how we buy music, and how we communicate are just a few of the positive impacts the internet has had on our lives. The amount of information we now have access to is endless. Also endless, is the possibilites of how the world wide web can improve our lives in the future.