MORE WAYS THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED THE WORLD

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)