In January the first 1983 researchers began to work on the modern internet, whereas only from 1990 the internet got its shape with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee.

The internet was so popular right from the beginning of its launch that it globally the number of internet users increased from only 413 million in 2000 to over 3.4 billion in 2016.

The one billion barriers were crossed in 2005. And of course, it offered many possibilities for the globalized world.

But as every invention, it had also its negative sides and therefore I want to display in this post what they were and how they changed our lives.

20 things destroyed by the internet

1. Privacy of our lives

2. Trustworthiness of information

3. Copyrights

4. Direct, personal communication

5. The delimitation between private life and work

6. Print Journalism

7. Cable Television

8. Classical Travel Agencies

9. Printed Encyclopedias 

10. Roadmaps for Travelling

11. Bookstores and News Agencies 

12. Video and Music Stores 

13. Watch Industry

14. Handwritten Letters

15. Free Time

16. Focus and Concentration

17. Lunchtime Break 

18. Fax Machines

19. Physical Photo and Poem Albums

20. Manual Calculators

 

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