Internet, Baby!

"The light that shines upon me, shines upon my neighbour."

You know, the internet is a BIG THING. You can get connected even though you're just sitting there in your soft spot. In a way, it promotes sociality and expansion simultaneously. Of course, the question that boggles my mind is that after billion of years of 'proper' interaction, can we just drop that habit and be conected electronically?

Before e-mails, there were snail mails. Before projector screens, there were chalkboards. And for this week, before 802.11N, there was dial-up. Granted, in a space of 50 years, we have advanced so much in technology that no one had ever thought that we will be shifting to the yet undiscovered cyberworld.

The internet was previously thought a softcopy version of a library. But it stores more than books. In fact, we can call it a shopping mall, a playground, a City Hall, a bank, a pub or even a 2nd home. Right now, the internet is more like a world of zeroes and ones. Cyberworld sounds old school. 4th dimension? Alternate world? Dream world? Whatever you call it, this thing holds more than what you think.

Sociality. Man knows his neighbour through interaction. But will we drop it in favour of wireless interactions? Friends are just a kilobyte away in Facebook. Your very own news in your blog. Generally, these services give a whole new meaning to the internet. They don't just prove the internet's power, but also displays the gears of user's interaction and ultimately freedom in motion.

But are they also removing our human side? Sometimes, we get so into the internet that it removes our sense of human touch. Conversing in e-mail, blogging about your nagging boss, or even shopping The Click Five concert tickets in eBay. Everything we did through human interaction has been replaced by electronic means.

So? What happens nest? Well, look at this way, internet connects you but you decide what to do. Ride on that connection or just break away. You decide.