Misha Bychkov<\/p>\n
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The sun is rising, the birds are singing, your Twitter is tweeting and your Facebook is updating. Our generation has been willingly caught in the net of our predecessors and, although we\u00a0 say, “I can live without it,” events that occur prove otherwise. This past week, our school has been cut out of that web. Instead of running free without it, we begin to think of ways of getting it back. When we lose the simple connection, it’s as if we have lost our virtual luggage of essentials. We can’t check what our friends are up to, we can’t get that presentation from our email account, we can’t check the
\nschool schedule, and we can’t connect.<\/p>\n
In the 21st century, the world is connected to the Internet. And now, with such high demand, we are running out of space. Just as we know that the planet is reaching its maximum limitation, the Internet is a reflection of our own world. “The internet \u2014 in its Since the beginning of the human race, individuals have strived to stay “up to date” with their news. Initially, language was developed to bring communities together.\u00a0 Later people learned how to preserve events with drawings and writing. In the Roman Empire “the only way to increase the speed of communication [was] to improve the speed of the messenger. This depend[ed] on good roads, fast riders and well provisioned staging posts at which fresh men and horses [were] always available” (HistoryWorld<\/em>). The Internet has become our sacred shrine, and when access to the Internet is in Today, the Internet has become a powerful tool in our modern society. It holds our world together but can tear it apart at any moment.\u00a0 It starts <\/p>\n I think it’s fair to say that personal <\/em>Bill Gates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Misha Bychkov The sun is rising, the birds are singing, your Twitter is tweeting and your Facebook is updating. Our generation has been willingly caught in the net of our predecessors and, although we\u00a0 say, “I can live without it,” … Continue reading
\ncurrent form \u2014 is now completely colonized. All that\u2019s left is to divide the
\nallocated properties into ever-smaller portions, or to start trading what\u2019s
\nalready been assigned” (Wired, February 2011). Once we run out of space,
\nthe outcome will be frightening. A study was done in the United Kingdom and
\n“the results show that those under 12 years of age have a strong emotional
\nconnection with the net, with half claiming they would be \u2019sad\u2018 without web
\naccess, while teens scored even higher, with 60 percent saying they\u2019d also feel
\n\u2019sad\u2018”(Digital Trends, Jan 2012).\u00a0 This was not a singular finding as the same
\nresults were discovered at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. “The absence of information \u2013 the feeling of not being connected to the world \u2013 was among the things that caused the most anxiety in students”(A Day Without Media,<\/em> University of Maryland). \u00a0It is becoming evident that the longer we stay in this web the more tangled we become.\u00a0 So, how did we all end up in this world size net?<\/p>\n
\nToday, the only way to increase the speed of communication is to improve the
\nspeed of the network. This depends on good cables, fast providers and well
\nmaintained servers where technical support is readily available. \u00a0The primary goal, to stay connected, still remains a huge part of our race. <\/em><\/p>\n
\ndanger, we seek to protect it. Recently, the United States attempted to pass
\nthe Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which limited the use of the Internet and recommended censorship. When the public was made aware of the bill, the government knew that the bill was in danger of being revoked and tried to prevent information
\nfrom leaking out. It was too late and, like a tsunami, Internet users protested.\u00a0 In a surprisingly short period of time, millions of people united against SOPA. The companies that didn’t join the movement were hit by the wave and when GoDaddy didn’t reject the bill, December 29th was set “as the day on which customers would transfer sites and domains away from GoDaddy. The proposed boycott forced a U-turn from GoDaddy, but many remain[ed] committed to transferring” (BBC News<\/em>, Dec 2011<\/em>). After these actions, companies were forced to
\nconsider that no matter how big they are in the world, their customers were
\npowerful enough to bring them down faster than ever before.<\/p>\n
\nrevolutions, it ends wars, it gives power to leaders, it brings people
\ntogether. It is a web in which we have been caught.\u00a0 The question now is do
\nyou want to get out?<\/p>\n
\ncomputers have become the most empowering tool we’ve ever created. They’re
\ntools of communication, they’re tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by
\ntheir user.<\/p>\n