Argumentative Text about the Internet

Is the world better since the internet exists?

Like many things in our modern world, the existence of the internet changed things forever and marked a before and after in our way of buying, selling, working, meeting people and even understanding the world. In general, the Internet introduced the world to faster, more agile, and unprecedented reach in the Internet. communications but it also brought with it problems that previously had easier solutions or, worse yet, did not exist at all. Even so, in the following lines we will try to demonstrate that its benefits far outweigh its drawbacks.

Let's start, as usual, at the beginning. The Internet is a computer network of immense scope, capable of linking terminals located at opposite ends of the entire world, through a set of common protocols. In other words, it is the network of computer networks, so vast and fast that it is capable of communicating people over gigantic distances. And that, in itself, is already an enormous virtue: thanks to the Internet, the wide world became a little more within our reach.

Consider the immense amount of messages that are sent through the internet every day. Emails, instant messages, direct messages through social networks or, more recently, phone calls and video calls. Two or more people located in remote regions of the planet can send and receive information, share files and even see each other's faces thanks to the network of networks. And what used to require a very expensive phone call, or a slow postal delivery, today is at our disposal through a computer or a smartphone.

This virtue can be extended to the world of business. The amount of business that takes place virtually every day is gigantic. Purchases and sales of goods and services are offered, negotiated and contracted remotely, quickly and efficiently thanks to the internet, to the point that there is already an entire digital economy (the so-called e-commerce) capable of competing with the traditional one and possibly surpassing it. Going shopping or hiring a locksmith are options available online, just a few clicks away.

Speed, ease and abundance are very present values ​​in the world of the internet: a world almost as big as our planet, and almost as complex too. It is probable, in fact, that to do justice to the Internet, we must understand that it is a such a revolutionary and far-reaching invention that it can only be compared to the mass of the electricity, or with the invention of farming. Its impact on our lives has been immense in just sixty years of existence, and that is just the tip of the iceberg of a profound change in the way we shape society.

The centralizing role of the internet in everyday, work and social processes demonstrates its versatility, that is, its enormous potential for all things: there is practically nothing we do today without the support, however partial, of Internet. And, at the same time, most of the inconveniences associated with the Internet have to do with the use we make of it, rather than with the technology itself: the emergence of new crimes — hacking, identity theft, deceptive emails, illegal content and false profiles on social networks - speaks more about us and our culture than about Internet. At the end of the day, technology is amoral: its beneficial or harmful use depends entirely on us.

However, it must also be said that many of the solutions to these problems have emerged from the internet itself. The free software, developed collaboratively by those who make life on the internet, is a good example. Thanks to this, not only large corporations can offer useful programs such as antivirus or shields against ransomware and the phishing, but there are community, collaborative initiatives that embrace new ideas about access to information.

Internet, in conclusion, is probably the most revolutionary invention of the last century, and as well as its applications reflect the needs of contemporary humanity, its destiny and its risks are those of the morality of its users. Neither good nor bad, just powerful: the same judgment that can be made about all great technological advances.

References:

• "argumentative text" Wikipedia.
• "Internet" in Wikipedia.
• "Seven benefits of the internet that we sometimes forget"in Information Magazine (Spain).
• "Is the internet good or bad?" in Make Family Magazine.

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