It's helped a lot with paperwork, the way you can book trips, order and get stuff delivered, sign up for services online banking immediately etc.
But I agree with your point in that it's also highly overrated in terms of its importance generally, and largely distraction/entertainment based.
The real heavy lifters like running water and electricity, food production and transport, without which we'd devolve into chaos within 48 hours, are largely taken for granted.
People probably don't think about the fact that that every morning, you can get up in a nice heated house/apartment, use the toilet and not give it a second thought, have a hot shower and a nice breakfast, and that's probably more important than a lot of what, say, Facebook offers.
jimswhims|2 years ago
But I agree with your point in that it's also highly overrated in terms of its importance generally, and largely distraction/entertainment based.
The real heavy lifters like running water and electricity, food production and transport, without which we'd devolve into chaos within 48 hours, are largely taken for granted.
People probably don't think about the fact that that every morning, you can get up in a nice heated house/apartment, use the toilet and not give it a second thought, have a hot shower and a nice breakfast, and that's probably more important than a lot of what, say, Facebook offers.
znpy|2 years ago