ESSAY QUESTION:
An author once wrote that "The invention of the telephone prevents us from appreciating the distance between us." Today this is even more true as the rise of the Internet has enabled inexpensive global communication.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the position stated above. Support your viewpoint using reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
MY RESPONSE:
I completely agree with the quote that "The invention of the telephone prevents us from appreciating the distance between us.". Also the rise of the Internet has provided even better and inexpensive means of communication across distance.
First, the telephone brought people across the globe closer. For example a relative of an Indian native could get to speak with his relative in America i.e on almost the opposite side of the globe. Also it saved a lot of time consumed by earlier means of communication such as postal mail system etc.
So, certainly the invention prevented us from appreciating the distance between us.
Second, the invention of Internet has further reduced the whatever distant feeling was there after the invention of telephone. People who could not afford to make long distance calls as they were expensive, can now exchange their voices easily across the globe through inexpensive Internet.
Even the mailing system has benn made faster as never before. Now we can send large e-mails through Internet and they reach the destination within seconds.
Third, Internet has also revived our day to day jobs. Now, we do not have to go to Airports or Railway stations and stand in a queue to get a registration. We can do it right away from our homes.
Banking has been made faster and cheaper, and also more accessible through ATMs as never before.
There is an improvement in every sphere of life, be it Healthcare, Business across globe or Distant Education.
To sum it up, the invention of telephone and then Internet has made such a drastic improvement in the global communication that it has made the world look smaller. It surely has prevented us from appreciating the distance between us