- a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
Pffft! Not even close. Computers are irrelevant; the internet is humankind’s most recent attempt to collect information and misinformation (90% the latter). Or, the internet is cats’ attempt to exert influence over humanity, rather successfully. Maybe the internet is a kind of sympathetic magic–a primitive, unconscious attempt to fashion an idol of the holograph or simulation we perceive as our universe. Or, the internet is only another human invention (there have been many) to distract ourselves from such outmoded principles as sustenance, family and community. Perhaps it’s simply an artifact of humanity’s need to make simple tasks complicated, in Rube Goldberg fashion. Certainly, it is the ultimate expression of the innate narcissism of Homo Sapiens as evidenced by the billions of selfies, blogs like this one, egosurfing, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Okay, so I don’t know shit about what the internet is. But, I sure as hell know more than all the dictionary publishers, and likely you know better than I. Go ahead and chime in below. What the fuck is the internet?