Is the Internet dumbing us down and making us lazier? Or is it empowering the masses by giving access to more information?

The answer for this question is pretty unpredictable because it depends on how people are using it daily. For the people who don’t have any works to do, they will jump on their computers and surf on the internet from day to night. You might think that they are lazy, but they are not. They just literally don’t have anything to do. From this case, do you think the Internet makes people lazier or just helps people to spend off their time? Yet, in the other hand, people who use it too much will be dependent on the usefulness of the Internet. They stop thinking before doing something, instead they will ask Google to help them out quickly. And again, what if they are not patient enough to think of an answer for a whole day, so eventually the Internet is their saviour of the day. It would be a waste of time if you kept solving a problem by yourself without knowing anything. You might ask somebody else to help you, but they are not always there for you to ask. Therefore, why don’t you just stop thinking about how the Internet makes you lazier and start using it effectively.

Personally, I use the Internet when I first open my eyes in the morning until I close my eyes at night. I play games, I chat with my friends and of course I use the Internet for studying. When my stuff in class is too hard to digest immediately, I can ask for help on the Internet. I find a lot of information that solve the problem in 15 minutes, instead of 2 hours. Even the most successful people in the world such as Bill Gates or Steve Jobs still find the Internet useful for their lives.

Generally, the answer is still “It depends”: The Internet might dumb you down and make your lazier or the Internet might expand your knowledge and horizon. The problem is how you are using it.

David Phan