News about PCs still changing the world at 25 years old

[NS]

News about PCs still changing the world at 25 years old

"Computers have given us an explosion of communication," Cohn said. "Not only between loved ones, but finding that one other person in the world who likes underwater basket weaving." - AFP/ir

^Interesting.
Computers can give us an explosion of communication...yes but if the computer and internet connection landed in the wrong hands or landed to people who got no common sense to use, i think this is only wasting internet resources and time.

[dsigma6]

you've just confirmed the obvious.

[dsigma6]

people who got no common sense to use...wasting internet resources and time.

[AlphaKilo470]

Folks, if we can't make better use of this forum's resources, I'm going to lock this thread. I'm speaking to one person more than the other here.

[GomJabbar]

NS, I enjoyed reading the article you posted. Computers really have changed our lives since the PC came out. It is the internet in particular that makes such a difference nowadays. Much of it is good, but much of it is alarming as well.

"With so much of our lives digital, the ability of the government and other people to know what we are doing, reconstruct our lives and basically stalk us online has grown," Cohn said.

The effects of computers on society go far deeper than online lifestyles, according to Fred Turner, a Stanford University assistant professor who specializes in the intersection of media and cultural history.

"The computer brings the world into the home like the television did before it," Turner said.

"But it is also a window that lets others look into your world. Particularly your bosses; people you buy from or sell to; and our government."

[dsigma6]

NS- I wasn't attacking your language skills, that was be an unnecessary low blow. Great article.