Compare Contrast Essay
Sanjana Satish
AP English Language Composition
Mrs. Lasko
20 January 2015
Cyber Wonderland
The Internet is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. However, the internet represents so much more than what the dictionary definition implies. Imagine a world where we couldn’t immediately go on Google to look up any questions we may have about the world, a world without YouTube, a world without Wikipedia, a world without email, a world without social media, a world without connection. It is unfathomable to think about a time when all the knowledge on Earth wasn't at our fingertips.
Even worse is a planet where we can’t even reach others in seconds. The internet allows us to experience the world from the comfort of our homes. As farfetched as a world without the internet may sound, none of the above existed only ten years ago. Even though life without internet may seem unimaginable, there are advantages and disadvantages to the life we live today with Internet and life before the internet.
One advantage to the internet is the fact that research has become much easier. Details, facts, and figures on any topic can be found with a few movements of our fingers. The internet has not only made research easier, but it has also allowed more information found on the internet as compared to a local library, the main source of information before the internet. Also, we can now affirm the accuracy of information by having various different sources. Although this was
possible before the internet, it is much easier to do this with this amazing invention. However, there is one major drawback to this luxury we have because of the internet. Nothing online is trustworthy. Even websites that are supposed to be trusted and are supposed to be reliable are not full of reliable information. Even major websites that are run by big
AP English Language Composition
Mrs. Lasko
20 January 2015
Cyber Wonderland
The Internet is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. However, the internet represents so much more than what the dictionary definition implies. Imagine a world where we couldn’t immediately go on Google to look up any questions we may have about the world, a world without YouTube, a world without Wikipedia, a world without email, a world without social media, a world without connection. It is unfathomable to think about a time when all the knowledge on Earth wasn't at our fingertips.
Even worse is a planet where we can’t even reach others in seconds. The internet allows us to experience the world from the comfort of our homes. As farfetched as a world without the internet may sound, none of the above existed only ten years ago. Even though life without internet may seem unimaginable, there are advantages and disadvantages to the life we live today with Internet and life before the internet.
One advantage to the internet is the fact that research has become much easier. Details, facts, and figures on any topic can be found with a few movements of our fingers. The internet has not only made research easier, but it has also allowed more information found on the internet as compared to a local library, the main source of information before the internet. Also, we can now affirm the accuracy of information by having various different sources. Although this was
possible before the internet, it is much easier to do this with this amazing invention. However, there is one major drawback to this luxury we have because of the internet. Nothing online is trustworthy. Even websites that are supposed to be trusted and are supposed to be reliable are not full of reliable information. Even major websites that are run by big