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The Internet : The Dangers Of The Internet

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We always hear we cannot trust everything and everyone on the internet. So it is no surprise that the controversy surrounding internet use only escalates when individuals seek to find their purpose in life while online. The internet is a wealth of information and provides people with many conveniences. However, of growing concern are the social drawbacks of the "phone zombie" and bandwagon ideas. Using the internet to forge relationships and find our purpose is proving itself to be hazardous to society. The internet evolves continuously, leaving people and their ideas behind. Relationships, professional progress, and fads can come and go in an instant. At the beginning of the day a man could be at the top of the world and within moments …show more content…

Another danger of the internet involved with finding one's purpose is the constant distractions. Whether it’s pop- ads, games, or social media notifications it's really hard to stay on task with all of the endless possibilities the internet has to offer. Anderson states “It seems unrealistic, to expect people to spend all day clicking reward bars—searching the web, scanning the relevant blogs, checking email to see if a coworker has updated a project—and then just leave those distractions behind” (Anderson 5). People are losing focus on the importance of their careers or families all for the sake of a little amusement. This shows that the internet can be harmful especially because our jobs give us the means financially to pursue our purpose. If we are unemployed due to this constant distraction we may very well lose those means and be unable to attain and fulfill our purpose, leaving us with a sad hollow existence thanks to the endless flood of distraction courtesy of our internet.Another destructive property of the internet is something called the bandwagon effect,which is defined as “A psychological theory where individuals will do something primarily because other individuals are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs” (dictionary.com). This bandwagon effect is caused by the ease of sharing that is created by the internet through social media. Bill Wasik the author of “my crowd experiment : The mob project” explores the power of the

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