The Internet can be both a powerful tool and a source of trouble. Used in the right way, this modern network serves as a large database; Misused, it could harm both users and society.

For starters, as an assistant essentially, the internet is willing to provide any information you need. During the last semester, I needed to deliver a speech on garbage classification in Shanghai. Obviously, I had little idea about garbage classification, such as how they did it, why they did it, and the effect of it. But fortunately, searching on the Internet, I acquired so much useful information and also managed to pull inspiration through this process. As a result, all I needed to do was to transcribe them to the slides in an organized way. Finally, I gave an informative and logical speaking thanks to the internet.

Arguing that being available to so much information can easily mislead people, some people stress that the internet has a bad influence on the modern world. Honestly, I cannot help but say this is true. When we search for knowledge or other valuable things, these messages are always accompanied by negative and fake information. Given that it could be widely and rapidly spread, it may lead to a situation, in which people regard the false things as the real things. For instance, if people intentionally pass some rumors online, these rumors will immediately appear on the front page of some websites. Considering that many people don’t have access to the realities, this behavior would severely affect people’s cognition of some events. With such a horrible ability, we should carefully use the internet by holding a rational and critical attitude towards what we receive

To sum up, it’s feasible for us to moderately rely on the Internet, manipulating it to its advantage. And at the same time, we have better take care of its side effect.