Like a lot of other people, I have lived for quite a few years without Internet. I think it was in the very late 90s, or maybe even 2000-2001, that I started to browse to any extent. And now I'm thinking what would I do without www???
So what was I doing before Internet (and by the way no mobile phone until about 1998 either)? I'd go to university (and later work), then go out, see my friends. I had a landline so I'd have (sometimes long) chats with folks (no change there!). I'd read lots. Go see movies. Enjoy the sunshine. Live my life!
How about now? Baby G has changed a lot, but before G I'd be glued to the mobile phone, or to a computer screen. However I still managed to continue seeing my friends (who are also friends on Facebook), visiting places, studying part time (and working full time), reading (maybe not as much as before though). And I hope those activities don't stop, I enjoy the personal touch too much. I think that you can get a lot of fun out of browsing.
One of the best things though is finding information, getting good deals, managing the tedious things in your life a lot easier (paying bills, finding a good insurance provider, checking your account balance, etc). From this perspective, I don't know what I'd do without Internet! Just like direct debits, whoever invented those has all my respect!
I do wonder sometimes if we'd know how to live without Internet. Hopefully I'll never find out the answer... As long as I remember my friends, and actually meet with them not just comment on their Facebook status!
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