Title: Our Turn: Are people too dependent on the Internet? - mlive.com
Headings: Our Turn: Are people too dependent on the Internet?
Our Turn: Are people too dependent on the Internet?
By Olivia Reed
By Tom Stankewicz
By John Henby
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Content: We are losing our physical communication because we are so dependent on the Internet to the point of enslavement. This technology has become a part of us, and if it were ripped from us, many think it would decrease productivity. What our minds conceive, our consciences must control. Throughout history, those who relied too much on their resources were crippled when those resources disappeared. Our dependency on the Internet is no different. It has restructured our daily lives and we have begun to follow it blindly into the future. If we rely on it too much, our addiction will keep growing until the addiction itself controls our functionality. John Henby is a senior at Galesburg-Augusta High School. High school students from 19 southwestern Michigan schools serve on the Kalamazoo Gazette's Young Editorial Staff. The students pick their own discussion topics.