Internet Usage Post #3

After having logged 2 days worth of information on my internet usage it is quite apparent that I use my internet mainly for school. The only websites I have visited are facebook (20minutes total), Time (70 min), NY times (30 min), webcentral (45 min), and this one (15 min). Unfortunately I haven't had much time to "browse the web" but I'm honestly not too disappointed. I'd rather be hiking or doing some form of outdoor activity. I feel most people take for granted what’s outside of the digital world and all too often we get caught in a digital trap of sorts. Although the internet is great as a learning tool I feel it can also be a massive and addictive waste of time. Ask any college student how many times they've visited stumbleupon in a class. However on the flip side I would also ask that same college student how much he’s learned at stubleupon vs. what he has learned in class, you might find the answers surprising and interesting to note. Being a college student I can honestly say stumbleupon was much more informative than some of my general, boring classes. I do believe the internet itself is an astounding tool and should be used as such but there is also an incredibly large amount of irrelevant or even wrong information that is being spread around like wildfire. The manipulation of information is probably one of my largest fears simply because the use of language make anyone believe anything. Yes, even you and me.