WS: Has the global spread of the internet been a positive thing?
Guy Cribb
Absolutely! It has shrunk the world, globalised the youth, educated the
unreachable, it is squashing prejudice and modernising the old school, it is without a doubt one of the most defining moments in civilisation!
Chris Pressler
Of course, without internet our business Continentseven would not exist. If it is positive or not? – everyone needs to find that answer for themselves. But besides Continentseven, it provides possibilities I have never thought about. Just think about online maps. When looking for new spots or planning a trip I just zoom in the map, wherever I plan to go. The whole world is online. You can check out roads, beaches, points and much more. That’s a great help and it fascinates me, as I actually studied geography at university in Vienna. But, if you look at it more critically, the internet for example takes away many hypes. People don’t have to go to trade shows anymore as they can read a lot about the latest products online. People don’t have to visit events at the beach as they can watch it on the web. People don’t even drive to their favourite spot anymore as they see a bad wind forecast on the internet or poor conditions on the live webcam. And maybe it would have been a great session because the wind showed up a bit later, but people still sit at home in front of the internet waiting for something to happen.
Chris Murray
Yes it is one hundred percent – I think it brings the world together. It makes every bit of knowledge or information just a Google search away from an answer. If you go on to YouTube you can even learn to be a belly dancer!
John Skye
I think the internet is a necessity, at least for me, although it will be fascinating to see where it ends up and what will happen in the future.