The Internet has arguably saved now lives than it’s taken. You have to remember the Internet is also the backbone that hospitals and researchers use to share data and research. social media and bad/malicious journalism has had a terribly negative effect, but that’s a subset of the entire Internet. It’s like saying electricity is bad because it provides am infrastructure for bad things to happen, placing the blame on the infrastructure rather the individuals (or corporations) that are doing the bad thing.

Juuuuust wait for measles and get back to us. Or. Remember covid. You couldn’t be more wrong.

Measles and Covid were spread by the Internet? I remember hearing a bunch of misinformation spread in TV broadcasts. I remember RFK changing the vaccination recommendations. I remember reading far more factual information online than false on both of those topics. The nature of pandemics is they kill people. Shitty people can’t be bothered to listen to reason, even though they were told and showed the facts. The Internet is just one medium that information is disseminated, but the bigger factors are the likes of FOX news and other 24/7 news stations.

So you agree. Vaccines saved people, not the internet, but the web leads people into echo chambers and rabbit holes, doing the exact opposite. Thanks.

It’s one medium that can lead people to misinformation, but the pros far outweigh the cons. Education, sharing of vital information in real time, communication, and connections before unavailable with friends and relatives exist because of the Internet. It’s rapidly being policies down a dark rabbit hole of shit policies. Blaming bad journalism and bad actors on the Internet is like blaming the roads when someone is killed by a drunk driver.

If only there were things like education, books, etc.