- the internet makes people dumber (low attention spans, group think, advertising driven content, addictive behaviors promoted, etc)
- the internet makes us consumers instead of creators
- the internet makes people depressed and anxious
- the internet causes around 5% of global GHG emissions
- internet enhances ability for total monitoring and censoring of speech
- internet creates centralized global tech monopolies on information flow and data
- extensive global networks put society at increased risk of total collapse
What are the benefits and do they really outweigh the negatives? Can the benefits be accomplished through other means? Just make sure you're comfortable with possibly making people's lives worse.