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Our life is constantly changing and the speed of emergence of innovations and their number is increasing exponentially. On a historical scale the term of existence for the Internet is insignificant, but changes in our daily life, brought by the World Wide Web, along with its emergence are enormous. Internet has so firmly entered our lives that we cannot even imagine our everyday life without it. At present the Internet is used in almost all spheres of human life and now it is haunting us everywhere. Whereas previously the Internet was used mainly in the workplace and at home, now, with the advent of wireless communications, you can easily go for a walk, sit in the park or in the open and take your notebook or laptop computer with you, and it means that the Internet is everywhere now. Another story whether it is possible to consider it to be a normal thing that people will not part with a computer in those places where all doctors would recommend you to forget about it and not just about it, but also about your work and at the same time, your problems, domestic chores, etc. You can disagree with it, because if you use the Internet for entertainment, then instead of sitting at home the whole day, peering at the screen, it would be better to do it in the open or in the park. After all, if you cannot part with your "beloved friend", it would be better if you looked once in a while at the green grass, listened to birds singing and breathe fresh air.
This point of view certainly has the right to exist. It is a kind of compromise between modern lifestyle and demands of our body.
So if you cannot imagine your rest without the Internet, you will have to rest with it. The question is how to do it.
The Internet is a reflection of the real world, i.e. things that exist in our real life, plus fantasies and desires, i.e., what one would like to have, but for some reasons is difficult or impossible to realize.
Apparently, therefore the Internet is full of erotic and pornographic sites content, because even a glimpse at the Internet immediately gives an answer to the question, what kind of topics are the most popular in the network. It raises serious concerns of parents, teachers, church and social organizations. Existing computer programs to block porn sites are of no help, the only result is that children very quickly learn to evade them and thus they acquire their first hacker experience.
As far as children are concerned, nobody will argue that it is harmful for them, but as for adults, no one thinks of it, allegedly, it is their personal matter. But the fact is that in this case there are obvious risks too. In some people, according to psychologists, certain deviations of sexual sphere are laid, which could never be manifested, if a person didn't encounter with them on the Internet. Besides, a person can not simply find the relevant material, but also like-minded people. As a result, these deviations are aggravated greatly. It is difficult to define whether it can be called rest or leisure, but the fact that it is not beneficial is obvious.
The Internet is also dangerous for people with various mental aberrations. For example, if a person suffers from depression, he/she may find psychological tips for tackling with the problem or to talk to a psychologist or a specialist in this area and find a way out of the situation. However, another thing may happen. A person can find the same people as he/she is, suffering from similar problems, which can lead to group suicide. At present such cases are not uncommon. Virtually all group suicides are the result of communication on the Internet.
You may ask, how does it refer to rest or leisure? Believe me; if people are tired of life, they do need rest. They simply believe that in this world they will have no opportunity to rest and go to a better world to try their luck.
Well, let's stop talking about sad things, because the Internet can also offer you a lot of good. For example, there you can find good friends, get acquainted with people who have the same interests as you, share experience, jokes and so on. In search of good friends the Internet will become the best assistant for you. For example, it is easy to imagine acquaintance with a girl in the street, but it is difficult to imagine the way to get acquainted in the street by interests, because it is not written on the face of a person, what he/she is interested in.
In addition, many people in general are very difficult to get acquainted with. The reasons may be very different: breeding, features of character, various complexes and so on. It would be difficult for such people to live without the Internet because it is the direct presence of a stranger next to you that causes embarrassment. But if you do not see your interlocutor, do not feel his/her presence and do not fall under his/her influence and power you can immediately, with the first words, look into a person's soul, ask him/her the most intimate questions and tell him/her your own secrets easily without restraint and worrying about the consequences. But almost all people, whether they are sociable or not would like to face no obstacles in communication, so that people could talk to each other without consequences for themselves and their interlocutors. This type of communication is precisely possible if you communicate via the Internet. And if it brings you pleasure of communication, than it is a real rest. After all if after such communication you have felt better, then this may be even a better kind of rest than sitting in the park or in the open, thinking about your problems and looking enviously at happy people around you. First we need to make ourselves happy, and then plan an outing, and only Internet can help you with it.
So, finally I'd like to say to all Internet critics that Internet is neither unequivocally bad nor unambiguously good, it is the same as our world, it has everything, both good and bad. Choose good and use it for your own benefit.