The Internet can be considered the most extraordinary technology invented in the twentieth century. The original purpose of the Internet when it was designed thirty years ago was to provide a reliable way for America to communicate in a post-nuclear situation. The creators might not have imagined how popular the Internet would become nor how dramatic it would impact the society after thirty years. Today, the Internet has become one of the most controversial issues because the changes caused by the Internet are too sudden for the society to adjust. One of the controversies is that the Internet seems to make people more isolated because the Internet has allowed many tasks that could mean spending a lot of time and traveling long distance ten years ago to be easily done without leaving one's chair. As a consequence, people neglect interaction with real people when they spend more and more time in front of the cold monitors. However, the Internet does not foster isolation of individuals; instead, it provides a new way of interaction between people. The interactions between people are no longer local but are on a larger scale because geographic boundaries dont exist on the Internet at all, so that communicating with your neighbors or a person thousands of miles away doesnt make any difference. The invention of the Internet has enabled people to interact in many ways that only existed in science fiction decades ago. Nowadays, the Internet has become a popular place for people to exchange their opinions on problems that they dont have anyone to discuss with in real life. With the Internet's help, people who are unable to attend schools because of their disability or location can now get education from schools thousand miles away. People who are isolated in real life discover that the Internet has provided them an alternative way to interact with people. The idea of going on the Internet for almost every thing may make persons seem isolated from people, from culture, from education, and from communication with other people, but, in reality, they are not isolated.
