PLN 10

I was watching the newest episode of FOX Network's House's newest episode, Private Lives, and throughout the episode, the patient blogged about her life. She would blog about anything from what she should wear for the day to the arguments she had with her "significant other" to what kind of valve she should get for her new heart that she ended up needed. She seemed obsessed with blogging. At one point, the man she was with (I don't remember if it was her husband or boyfriend) quoted her on the Internet, with something along the lines of "Wasn't it you who said that 'the Internet is something that can make it so your never actually alone?'" She also told House that she felt she could know someone better through the Internet than he could meeting someone in person. She was also to the point that when she was told she's going to die, all she wanted was her computer to blog. I thought this was all a little ridiculous. This whole concept was so insane. It actually bothered me for quite a long time. I then remembered some conversations we had been having in class about whether or not laptops in a waste of money for a classroom. The general consensus was that laptops can be a good learning tool, to a certain extent. While I do believe that laptops can help learning, I also think they promote laziness. Watching this showed me it may also promote an unhealthy addiction to the Internet. I love the Internet, and I think its a good thing, but it gets out of hand at times. So the question I bring up is: How should the Internet be used? Also, How much should it be used?