And So Comes The Computer and the Internet....

I believe that the computer along with the internet has had as great of an effect on the spread of knowledge in the past 100 years as the printing press. Now days, many many people from all over the world have computers and can look up anything that they want on the internet. Someone from England can communicate with someone from the United States in a matter of seconds. Thanks to search engines such as google.com and ask.com information on things from how many teeth sharks have to when something was invented is avalible to anyone who has a connection to the world wide web. Most assignments and projects given at school have something to do with finding information. The world wide web makes that task not only faster, but easier as well. Ofcorse, without a computer all together, finding that information is nearly impossible. Its true that there are books out there with the same information, but the internet brings it to people with just a few clicks instead of reading chapter after chapter and book after book. Its just easier for people who don't have the oppertunities to go places and learn the things that they need to know. It brings the information to them. Thats why I believe that the computer along with the world wide web is a modern invention that has had as great of an effect on the spread of knowledge as the printing press.