For teenagers in today’s day and age the Internet is an incredible asset. Undeniably, the advancements in technology that are occurring every day are only contributing to the expansion of knowledge, taking humans into exciting but uncharted territory. With this progress comes a responsibility to not only utilize these resources to enrich ourselves but to also take contribute something good to the world.

My relationship with the internet is quite simple, I’m curious and I explore. Although sometimes the overwhelming amount of information can seem intimidating it’s all a matter of finding out what bests suits you. Sites such as Youtube often have a set algorithm that adapts to your personal taste.

When you take the time to look for content with substance, it opens doors to enrichment and allows you to be knowledgeable about the artistry that is around us wherever we are.

On a daily basis I spend approximately 5 hours a day using my phone. I know this because of a program that tracks my screen time. Most of this time is spent on various social media apps along with entertainment sites. Overall, I support the use of the internet as not only a creative outlet but as somewhere where it is just searching without substance. The important balance comes in understanding that to be able to grow not only as a person but as a person in this internet age is consuming content with substance.

Nowadays, there are influencers in every social media platform though mainly on Twitter and Instagram. Often these influencers portray a very unattainable lifestyle, this being one of the reasons that it is necessary not to lose sight of what reality really is.

The internet is an incredibly powerful tool. Us as the users must be aware of how distorted reality could be since are only on the other side of the screen. As long as we have this knowledge then we are absolutely free to intake the information we desire.

A tweet from me displaying my feelings towards the internet
Here we see on Instagram and Youtube how the web can be used as resources in order to share scientific and informative information.

They say that with great power comes great responsibility. ¿Do we as society understand the importance of what we have quite literally on our fingertips? Unlike years before, when we fully depended on encyclopedias and text book definitions, now we have millions of search results pop up within seconds of pressing enter. This gives us personal opinions, scientific investigations, compare and contrasts all on the same topic. Otherwise unreachable, now in this internet age we can use all of these resources for our own benefit. The fact that a search engine as powerful as Google is free is incredible.

As young professionals we have to learn how to create an online presence for ourselves. Utilizing WordPress helps us build our online personality for our professional and personal business.

With countless technological advancements I believe the future of the World Wide Web is still in its developmental days. I know that it will influence my life as it goes on and the lives of my children’s children. I look forward to seeing what unimaginable inventions will appear thirty years from now.