MORE WAYS THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED THE WORLD
Added on: 3rd Jun 2016
PRIVACY IS DYING. WE PROBABLY DON'T
NEED TO DO MUCH EXPLAINING HERE
REMEMBER ENCYCLOPAEDIAS? THE ONES THAT
CAME IN BIG SETS AND HAD ONE VOLUME PER
LETTER? WELL, WIKIPEDIA TOOK CARE OF THAT
SPEAKING OF WIKIPEDIA, PUBLIC OPINION HAS
DRASTICALLY SHIFTED. 10 YEARS AGO IT WAS THE
WEBSITE THAT YOUR TEACHERS WARNED YOU ABOUT
("IT'S NOT RELIABLE!"). THESE DAYS PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS BUT THEY USUALLY
JUST CHECK THE SOURCES
ONLY 5% OF WORLD'S 7,700 LANGUAGES HAVE
MADE IT TO THE INTERNET. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THIS MIGHT LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
LINGUISTIC EXTINCTION
WE ALREADY MENTIONED PHONE BOOKS, BUT
THESE DAYS WE DON'T EVEN MEMORIZE
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
MUSIC STORES, BANKS, PHOTO STORES, RETAILERS,
ETC. HAVE ALL EITHER MOVED ONLINE OR
GONE OUT OF BUSINESS
IN 2010 FINLAND BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
DECLARE INTERNET ACCESS AS A LEGAL RIGHT
IN SPITE OF THIS, ONLY 37.9% OF PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET AT LEAST
ONCE PER YEAR (THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH
REGULAR INTERNET ACCESS IS SIGNIFICANTLY
LOWER)
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