Blog #10 - Kelli Grimm

The internet has completely changed the way we as humans acquire knowledge. As the users of internet grow, the span of information available to those users grows as well. We are in a time when the answer is at your fingertips or provided by our new best friends Siri and Alexa. Instead of making a trip to the local library to find out about the history of the United States, enter on a search engine and thousands of articles are available in seconds. Wanting to impress your S.O? No need to go out and buy a cookbook, enter the world of online food bloggers. And even doctors… do we really need them anymore with WebMD? (kidding, I need a job one day and you should probably stop feeding into your hypochondria) While not all information provided on the internet is legitimate, the internet has increased the efficiency of acquiring knowledge and how increased the populations who could be exposed to that information. This is beneficial to us as our potential for acquiring knowledge is unlimited, we are becoming far more advanced as a generation because we have and use the resources available to us. As far as illegitimate information, it is important to be aware of where the information is coming from and to use sources based on research and facts.