Introduction
Cyber world is the illusion of science and technology. The advancement of the science and technology encourages mankind to try to exert their proficiency in order to challenge the natural creations by means of the cyber world. The immensely great use of the internet, in current times, makes the mankind think it to be an integral part of their life. In this modern age, we are dependent on the internet so much that, without the internet our life will almost come to a standstill. By this time, we are unknowingly in the illusion of the cyber world which has only the entrance, but not the exit.
The age of Computers and Internet
Reliance on the electronic gadgets like computers, laptops, androids, internet, etc. has made us dependent to them. It is very hard to imagine that a non-living component, popularly can be called the second idiot box after television, absorbs our quality time. The whole world is directly or indirectly has become the slave of the internet. The educated and the literate who use internet themselves are the active users, while the rest are the passive users as almost all the organisations, business enterprises, and governments and companies are constantly executing their work proceedings through internet across the world.
Cyber world
Cyber world too has its advantages and disadvantages. It is like a star that is as attractive, hot and dangerous as a star that burns when anything comes within its range. As much it is beneficial as it is hazardous to people. People are well aware of the hazards of this advantageous technology that is hardly traceable by an average skilled people. It has the power to vanish the balance of your bank account within the little fractions of a second, and has been causing adverse effects on the human emotions and health. But, cyber world’s service to the comfort of our life and living standard is incredible.
Advantages of Cyber World
Behind our latest sophisticated life, there is cyber world. Let us know the advantages of cyber world.
Social and Business Networking
Cyber world is a space where, everyone is living a networked life, and the business of the world stands on it. We have left behind the days when business needed huge infrastructure and a large sum of money in order to spread it throughout the country. Moreover, then it was restricted to the local circles. But in this age of internet and networking, business is completely dependent on cyber world which has enhanced the business spread worldwide by means of just a few clicks
The social networking sites are the incredible blessings for the human beings. Networking has brought the world at your desk and helps you interact with anyone in any part of the world and also helps you to expand and promote your business.
Brand Building
Networking, moreover, has reduced physical labour and time as well for increasing sales and promoting business brands. Internet has proved to be the genuine medium for brand building. Today, businessmen are comfortable and happy with the internet as they are easily and simply executing their business from brand building to selling their products. Above all, internet is giving them cost-effective service.
Mobile and Online Banking
Mobile and online banking is another important service provided by the internet. Now, people solve their concerns of money transaction sitting at their desk comfortably and easily. People now go to banks and financial organisations only for some specific criteria for which their visit to the bank is a must. It has also decreased the pressure of the crowd of customers at any branch of a bank. As a result, the employees can now work freely and without stress and strain in the calm atmosphere of the bank.
Billing and Payments, Shopping, and Ticket booking
People could not even imagine a few decades ago, that they could shop different products, send and pay bills and book tickets of buses, trains and flights from their own home. It is the excellent service of the internet that has helped people save their invaluable time and energy, and ended the days of standing in long queues or going through crowds while shopping.
e-library with e-books
e-libraries with e-books have arrived at the readers table with the books after their choice. Book lovers now can collect and read more and more books they want sitting only at their desk. Many sites even provide reading samples free of cost. Now, we don’t even need sufficient space in our study room for so many hard copies of books. We only need a computer with internet connection on the table and that is all.
The World at the Door
The next blessing that the foreign and overseas workers and employees enjoy to their hearts’ fill is destruction of distance of communication and interaction. Chatting and videoconferencing have brought the hearts so to each other that they even could hear their heartbeats.
Game Zone
The internet is the storehouse of the wide varieties of fascinating games for children and adults. They can be downloaded from any part of the world at any time through internet.
News and Publicity
The news through the internet reaches every part of the world within the fractions of seconds. The days of physical newspaper has gone. People get the update news from time to time. The publicity of anything can now be done very quickly, safely and genuinely to the large mass through the internet.
Entertainment
The internet serves a wide variety of entertainment. From the oldest to the latest, all kinds of music, movies and many more things can be watched and downloaded through the internet.
Education
The service of the internet in the field of education is immense. Education has diverse fields which has plenty to do through the internet. The cyber world has a wide range of information necessary for the students. They can gather knowledge from the internet.
Mobile Applications and Androids
The mobile apps and mobile internet has brought a revolution in the world. This advantage has enabled people carry the medium, in their pockets, by which they can do maximum works: speaking with people, listening music, watching videos, playing games, downloading whatever they want, remaining update with latest news of home and abroad, paying bills, booking tickets of modes of transports, transferring money and a lot more. In a word, the world is in the pocket by means of an android cell phone enabled with internet.
The Challenges with the Cyber World
Reduction of time and emotions
The internet hardly lets people to interact, move and pass some affectionate hours with family or kith and kins. Moreover, it has also made people forget the value of family, friends and relations.
Health
Cyber world is the cause of health hazards. From the early twenties, people suffer lifestyle disorders. The sedentary life is result of internet proneness and the cause of abhorrence to physical exercise. As a result, some new diseases take forms that cause many health hazards.
Hacking
Hacking is another dangerous and worst side of the cyber world. It involves great risks in internet dealings and transactions. Despite the security check at various levels carried out by the websites before processing the transactions, the hackers can break through the cyber security measures and carry out their operations tactfully and successfully.
Voyeurism: Voyeurism is another bane of the cyber world. The practice of voyeurism has spread widely with the introduction of the internet. In the social networking sites, porn videos and photos are easily uploaded, accessed and misused.
Dangerous to women
Cyber world is not at all safe for women. The gullible girls who are easily fooled through interactions in social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. often suffer the fatal consequences, and some cases they face even death. The cyber world is at the root of the rapid decrease of human values.
Freedom of Access
Cyber world has eased the access to the unwanted stuff into the young minds. Allured by the adventurous and interesting games, children are often facing death. Parents may allow their children to access internet for the educational purposes, but the adverse impacts pop-up every now and then, and divert the concentration of the children.
Conclusion
The cyber world is the world of illusion. It plays with give and revert policies. As it saves time, so it destroys the opportunities of pleasant moments. It provides us with comfort and sophisticated luxury, but destroys our moral values, and makes our life miserable. We could feel all the serious and adverse effects and consequences of the cyber world. But because of our too much dependence on it, we can get out of its charms and attractions. But we should not forget that human brain is the creator of this wonderful and incredible world. It has the power to control and destroy it in fractions of seconds. We should learn and practise the just use of the cyber world. We should enjoy the blessings of it and find out the genuine resolutions for the hazards that often create in our life as well as lifestyle. At all costs, we have to cultivate human values as usual, and restrict our stay in the cyber world.