The Technophobes Guide to The Internet
Confession time. I'm a technophobe. Well, sort of. Its not so much that I'm afraid of technology, I just know very little about it. Or at least not enough.
Recently, however, I've been trying to really throw myself into the vastness (and mostly pointlessness) of the internet and I must say I've made some major discoveries:
*the words "major" and "discoveries" are being used very loosely*
1. How to find your internet search history.
2. That you can actually use your search history to find things you thought were lost forever. By "things" I mean websites and stuff. The socks you lost under your bed will probably never be seen again.
3. The actual purpose of a hashtag. Yes, it does actually have a purpose, which is to find out what other people are talking about.
In light of these very important and very new discoveries (not really), I come to the conclusion that in order to master the internet, all you need is curiosity.Because as you may or may not have noticed, the internet, on the whole, is mostly concerned with searching for stuff. Which is a good thing for us as humans, because it's in our nature to be curious.
If it weren't for curiosity, we wouldn't have discovered that the earth was round, that dogs could fetch and that stepping in front of a bus is generally not a good idea. Without curiosity we wouldn't have maps and you know what that means? No Google maps! How's that for perspective?
So I say go out (or stay in, doesn't really matter) and start searching the internet. What you search for doesn't matter and quite is frankly none of my business. All that matters is that you keep searching. After all, curiosity may have killed the cat, but it's what keeps pushing humans forward. There is nothing to fear.
That is ofcourse, until the machines take over.
Recently, however, I've been trying to really throw myself into the vastness (and mostly pointlessness) of the internet and I must say I've made some major discoveries:
*the words "major" and "discoveries" are being used very loosely*
1. How to find your internet search history.
2. That you can actually use your search history to find things you thought were lost forever. By "things" I mean websites and stuff. The socks you lost under your bed will probably never be seen again.
3. The actual purpose of a hashtag. Yes, it does actually have a purpose, which is to find out what other people are talking about.
In light of these very important and very new discoveries (not really), I come to the conclusion that in order to master the internet, all you need is curiosity.Because as you may or may not have noticed, the internet, on the whole, is mostly concerned with searching for stuff. Which is a good thing for us as humans, because it's in our nature to be curious.
If it weren't for curiosity, we wouldn't have discovered that the earth was round, that dogs could fetch and that stepping in front of a bus is generally not a good idea. Without curiosity we wouldn't have maps and you know what that means? No Google maps! How's that for perspective?
So I say go out (or stay in, doesn't really matter) and start searching the internet. What you search for doesn't matter and quite is frankly none of my business. All that matters is that you keep searching. After all, curiosity may have killed the cat, but it's what keeps pushing humans forward. There is nothing to fear.
That is ofcourse, until the machines take over.
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