Exploring the importance of the internet

Zach White

The Internet is the most significant human invention since the printing press, at least.

In the 20 years that the World Wide Web has been used publicly, it has already caused drastic changes in how people live, work, and play.

At its most basic, the Internet is a tool for exchanging ideas.

Some of those ideas are as simple as "This cat is funny." Others, as seen in the Middle East in the past two years, can be ideas that a government or media outlet can't or won't share about secret oppression and brutality.

I grew up in the Army, moving every two years. Now, when I log into Faceboo...