How was life different before & after the internet revolution?

• How we connect with family and friends –

  • Earlier in person, by paper mail, by expensive phone calls

  • Now by chats, video calls, emails, social networks

• Easier to talk to people around the world – this has changed the way we learn, work and collaborate

• Easier to share and find information – more accessible and the internet is a treasure trove of information – a massive library of knowledge – however since it is easy to publish – a lot of misinformation exists – so it becomes very important to do “claim testing” – using intuition, logic, evidence, authority, and use e.g. OPVL framework.

• Playing games meant physically being with them and using a chess set or a board game. Now we can do this virtually, by hopping on a call and playing Minecraft. 

• Easier to find services and employment in skilled work – e.g. Uber and Ola have made it easy to find a taxi anywhere and provide jobs to thousands of drivers. “Urban Company” helps find skilled people who can help fix things in houses and plumbers, carpenters can now directly find work based on their customers requirements.

• Businesses run with internet as a critical part of connecting with their customers and their partners

• Money and internet: Earlier people (grandfathers still do) visited physical banks to carry out many transactions – but now we rarely go to a bank or even deal in paper money. Banks and financial companies use the internet as a backbone to connect among themselves and to connect with their customers – paper money is becoming less important with UPI Apps like PayTM, GooglePay and PhonePe.