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A social question about TV & the internet?

People have survived without TV and the Internet for thousands of years. Why is it so important to have now?

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  • az
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    People survived without agriculture or indoor plumbing for thousands of years too. We adapt our technology to fit our society and then our society adapts to the technology...round and round we spiral on...

  • Amanda
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Because people rely on these things to get their information from.

    People were also hunting animals for their dinner a thousand years ago.... things have changed a lot.

  • 1 decade ago

    Its called Evolution

  • Marg N
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    because it connects the world....a very large community and we are social creatures.....the knowledge we can be glean now is wondrous....to be away from that is to be thrown into a form of darkness

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  • 1 decade ago

    My guess is that we're getting too dependent on them for news, informantion and communication.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because there are already plenty of people.

  • 1 decade ago

    We evolve

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