Chapter 2

While reading this chapter it is so fascinating to me to see how much the internet has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from a strictly military operation in the 1960s to being able to see and talk to some one on the other side of the world in 2010. I really makes me think about how the internet is going to continue to change. When television fist came out it was the best thing since sliced bread, and now maybe the internet is taking over that too. All of this really makes me thing about how the internet will continue to change in the future, and what it will change. As of right now other medias are holding their own, although newspaper and magazines have taken a hit, but the as the internet evolves more and more what is it going to take over next. Also now thanks to Google, and other search engines, use for the library, and actually looking up something in a book, has become a thing of the past. When I was younger and didn't know how to spell something I would have to look it up in a dictionary, now we just go online.
Not only did the internet change how we got our information, it changed how we interacted, or didn't interact with other people. The invention of e-mail made it no longer a requirement to talk to a person face to face or even on the phone. This I think was the first start of the separation of human to human contact. Now with instant messaging, blogs and too many different social networks to count, you don't even to know a person to know about them. This is in a way really cool that the internet has come this far and also it is kind of strange. I remember the days that you get home from school and call your friend to come over and play. Now you write it on their Facebook wall, or send them and instant message.
Another thing that the internet has brought to the table is a limitless media that people have never seen before. Unlike television and radio on the internet anyone can post anything they want and get in touch with anyone they want. Which on shows like To Catch a Predator seems to be a very scary thing. And so now the question is brought up of, should there be regulations on the internet for what people can post and what people can say. Personally I believe that that would be a great thing to have, yet at the same time who is anyone to say what people can and can't talk about. And how would it be regulated? I think the quote that says it the best is by Time Magazine, "You. Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world."