The exam

Technology has been developing rapidly since the 1960’s and one of the best inventions is the internet. These days, most people communicate and exchange information through the internet and the internet starts to manipulate the whole world. Therefore, it naturally causes many negative effects even if there are lots of positive effects. I agree that the invention of the internet has had negative effects on our civilization. Here are several reasons to support my opinion.

First of all, the internet can destroy communication. I think almost all people use the internet every day. Facebook, which is a communication network site, is one of the examples. Every second, millions of people are using facebook and people can easily get addicted to it. As people are spending more time in the internet, they might be distancing themselves from their friends or families. It is because people might always prioritize the internet.

The next reason is people who are addicted to the internet, cannot distinguish between the real world and the cyber world. I watched the news about parents who killed their baby. The news was alarming. It became a nationwide concern in Korea. The news revealed that the parents were addicted to the internet so they forgot to feed their baby. In addition, they did not usually stay at home and just stayed in PC room without their baby. Eventually, the neglected baby died of starvation. The most heartbreaking thing was the parents thought that they considered their baby as one of the characters in the computer games. It shows that they could not distinguish reality for the cyber world.
 

             The last reason is there are more crimes. As technology has developed, the number of crimes increases rapidly. When people just join some websites, it means that they are already sharing their privacy to others. For instance, sometimes hackers in China will get all information of a South Korean’s privacy or sell or use it. Also when the hackers get the number of Koreans, they will call them and lie that they are policemen or the government or people who work for country. If people believe the hackers, they might lose lots of money. Not only these things are happening, there are also crimes that people cannot see. In addition, the methods of committing crimes are evolving. This situation can cause the world to be more dangerous.

             In brief, I disagree with this statement because the internet can destroy our civilization such as destroying communication, having difficulties of distinguishing between the real world and the cyber world and causing more crimes. Therefore, I suggest people need to know how to balance the internet wisely and correctly.