Life without internet at home

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Why does it have to be “all or none?” Why not just learn to limit and/or control internet use?

I have plenty of hobbies, and I haven’t stopped doing them because I have internet at home.

To me, this sounds like those people who insist that we have to give up ALL sugar or ALL coffee. Maybe that’s necessary in some cases where there is a dire medical reason, but most people should be able to limit their sugar or coffee use.

I can see why people have to totally give up crack cocaine or prostitutes–these are dangerous vices that kill within a few years. But the internet, sugar, and coffee are not crack cocaine or prostitutes, and they don’t kill people when used in moderation.

There is so much good in the internet (and in sugar and coffee!)–why give it up? Just learn to control it.

I agree with all those who say that we are quickly approaching a time when internet will become more necessary to life in the United States than the mail, electricity, the internal combustion engine, etc. It would not be a wise plan at this point to give up something that will soon be a necessity.
 
Internet is invaluable for me because I can:
  1. Keep in touch with family all over the world.
  2. Translate (not all of my relatives speak English and I can’t read Dutch).
  3. Read reviews from normal people on books I am interested in and avoid bad buys.
  4. Discover fantastic Catholic music.
  5. Learn more about the Bible, the Church, faith and the Pope.
  6. Actually discuss faith, the Church, the Bible and the Pope.
  7. Buy goods not available in our run down city e.g. a mirror for the bike (so I can see the traffic behind me), Catholic books and music not available in the UK and other items such as Nativity Christmas decorations.
  8. Get heavy groceries delivered instead of breaking my back carrying them home on the bus or overloading the bicycle.
  9. Carry 40 or 50 books (downloaded on my Kindle) and 100’s of CD’s (loaded on my MP3 player) in my handbag.
  10. Find a plumber, glazier etc who has good reports on their work.
I could live without it, but life would be harder both practically and even worse, spiritually.
 
We are the internet and it is one of the ways we keep in contact with family that we can’t reliably call and talk with. We also pay most of our bills online. Public computers and Wi-Fi is not secure enough to do this.

Hackers love to use public Wi-Fi to get personal information.
 
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