6 simple examples of how the Internet has changed our lives

1. Increased quality and quantity of amateur content

If you remember the squeaky sound of dial-up-modem, and images that are loaded strips from top to bottom, do not forget. At the time of selfie had no idea, and indeed your photos to the network laid out on major holidays.

What to say about the video if the quality of any of the film was determined by capacity "blanks» - CD-ROM with 700 MB! And records were largely pirate: a shaky muddy picture and poor sound that could be heard as if from another room.

Now, even amateur video shot at night on a smartphone, it looks better. Low-resolution photo laykat one will not. Thanks to high-speed Internet requirements for images and videos up to heaven. And by the good you get used quickly.

2. We need only high speed

Back in the early to mid "zero" a song in mp3 format needed several minutes to download and video streaming does not exist. On Web sites, dominated by text content: pages with lots of graphics open too long. A home unlimited internet at a speed of 256 kilobits per second was considered a good offer.

Today it is impossible to imagine that access to any site can take more than a few seconds, and the film can not be viewed directly on the site. In 2019 pour video in full HD to mobile and make it accessible to billions of users can be a matter of seconds. Find a book or a song on the Internet is faster than on your own computer, thanks to affordable and high-speed internet.

3. There are more gadgets

In the era of dial-up, when connecting to the Internet via a telephone line, obtained either sit on the Net, or someone to call. The computer in the house could be only one, and the mobile Internet allowed unless ringtone download or watch the weather.

Now dozens of new gadgets appear every year, and their connection to the web is a necessity. Download something on your computer or smartphone, then to send to the device - it is long and difficult. For example, until recently, the card has not been updated for some browsers automatically: first they needed to download to your PC, and then later through a USB-cable to send the gadget. Today on sale there are devices with an interface Wi-Fi - to download and update the maps they need only internet.

In 2019 in the network may go even refrigerators multivarka. They "own environment" - the Internet of Things. A clever technique to learn how to communicate on the web. For example, it can download recipes, order products from the online store, even to call the police, if the smart house trying to penetrate the thieves.

4. There are new opportunities for learning and hobby

We used to go to clubs and sections, now we have the Internet. With video tutorials on YouTube, you can learn anything: knit program, but at least the car repair or install plumbing! And for free.

And the teacher for the money, too, to find easier than on the Web. There are educational platform for all tastes and budgets, as well as lessons on Skype: you can learn where and when convenient. Webinars, video tutorials, online marathons - a huge industry with millions of members and billions in turnover. It helps to become better self-realization, to find something for everyone and associates.

5. The era of remote work and new occupations

Why spend a couple of hours on the road to the office, if you can just take your laptop and work from home or a coffee shop? An increasing number of employers around the world encourage this format. If an employee is working from home, you do not need to spend money on office rent, purchase and maintenance of equipment, accounts for communal and coffee with cookies. And productivity "from the couch" with proper self-discipline may be higher than in the office, thanks to a high-speed Internet and a powerful computer.

New time - new professions. High speed internet has given us online traffic managers, data analysts, web analysts, the SMM-specialists. I changed and approach to work. Not only can you work from anywhere in the world, but also to find customers in those time zones that coincide with your biological rhythm.

6. We have become multitasking

Our parents could hardly at the same time to read the newspaper and watch TV. We switch between dozens of tabs in the browser, parallel to listen to podcasts and peruse "pushes" on the smartphone screen. We can do a hundred things at once: to communicate in more than one chat, share photos on social networks, read the news and check how reliable the information. Yes, and the show look with one eye.

Modern man is not so much read as scan data, highlighting the most important thing. The lack of it only one: it is very difficult to concentrate. A simple test: how many seconds ago you were distracted from reading the article to check messages? That's right.