The twenty-first century life style

By Toshi Mita

I always use the Internet. I turn on my computer when I wake up. Then I check the e-mail, send back the mail, and read the daily news. After that, I listen to music on Youtube. I think this is one of my habits. So I am an Internet enthusiast. I don’t know what I would do without the Internet. I have some reasons why I like the Internet.

The Internet is very fast, convenient, and global. I just need to type the keyword that I want to know, and click. It’s only one second. The Internet offers us a variety of entertainments. For example, the Internet has YoutTube, where I can watch a video and listen to the music. I also can contribute the video, the music, and my comments.

Moreover, Facebook is a social network service on the Internet. I can make friends and chat, and post photos and videos to share on my Facebook site. YouTube and Facebook are very global, and people who live all over the world can access and see them.

I sometimes think that if I didn’t have a computer and the Internet, I would not be in the United States. I mean I am in the United States studying at Finlandia University by the grace of the Internet. I’m Japanese; of course I didn’t even know about Finlandia University in those days; but, one day, I got an e-mail from my father. He sent me the URL that was Finlandia University’s web site. I searched for information about this university and I was interested. So I can see the Internet wherever I like all over the world.

I can enjoy freedom of expression on the Internet. I think this point is most important when I use the Internet. I know a guitar player who plays the guitar on YouTube. He was contributing. One day, a record company scouted him; then he became a singer and he made a CD. My friend Daniel, he took some photos and movies that he made of himself playing soccer; then he posted them on his web site because he wanted to show them to soccer coaches of D1 and D2 in the United States. Then he tried to transfer to another university. I knew that because I was his cameraman.

Moreover, one of my friends in Japan, who works through the Internet, earns $10,000 from advertising in a month. He just puts some advertisements like Google and Amazon on his web sites. It is very easy to earn without hard work and to become famous.

All in all, this world changes almost everything from analog to digital. We demand fast, convenient, global communications and freedom. This is the twenty-first century life style. I think we can’t go back to the old style. So I agree the Internet is one of the most important technological innovations in human history.