Survey
Results
The
Internet is an integral part of everyday life for many of us now,
people work, play, date, blog, and socialize online. Which is a
pretty stunning revelation for a technology that only hit the
mainstream in the 1990s. (This may include you, and certainly your
children.)
This
means the Internet surely ranks pretty highly on a make-believe list
of life’s essentials.
We
asked you, What Would You Give Up Before The Internet? We had
a great response, ...
Things
people would give up before the Internet include their smartphone,
free time, car, expensive clothes, TV, guns, sugar, caffeine, radio,
alcohol, scotch whisky, and… asparagus.
One
thing to take away from this discussion is the number of things that
a device such as a PC, tablet, or smartphone with a good Internet
connection can replace. It would actually be quite easy to give up
TV, radio, games, newspapers, books, etc. when alternatives to
these are all available online.
The Internet, and my access to it, allows me to make more money and save even more- this allows me to buy more "smartphones, cars, expensive clothes (not really), TV's, guns (relax, not really), sugar, caffeine, radio, alcohol, scotch whisky, and… asparagus (no really, I like asparagus!)."
ReplyDeleteI would like to be able to tell you that my extra, Internet derived income is salted away in prudent investments, but the reality is that my "Internet Dividend" goes toward more, better, cheaper, and cooler stuff.
It didn't happen overnight. There was a learning curve, and initial distrust of online commerce. Also, a few boo-boos.
Most recently, prescription eyeglasses- ordered online, shipped from India, ten bucks a pair. First try was a bomb- prescription was OK but frames were child-sized. Now I order two and three pairs at a time, like Elton John.
A WiFi CV Campus, which would give every resident Internet access and phone calls that are essentially free, will, slowly, bring that "dividend" to the entire Community, including the "Most Vulnerable Elderly" that one UCO Vice-President claims as her personal fiefdom.