The Freedoms of Working on the Internet
The Freedoms of Working on the Internet are abundant. Whether you are at home or in the office, the Internet offers flexibility. And Flexibility is Freedom. Of course, the freedoms are extreme when you’re working from home, but even being able to work on the Internet at the office has some liberating effects.
If you don’t have an addictive personality like the majority of the web surfers, the Internet has great potential to free up your time. The problem is, the more free time you have, the more ways you look to fill it. Now you fill it sitting on your butt looking at pictures of the Fiji Islands or playing solitaire instead of saving the world. However, the potential is still there.
The Internet gives you the freedom to be smart. You can research anything in an instant. No more trips to the library to look up your competitor’s business statistics. No more flipping through cookbooks looking for a recipe for dinner. Something’s wrong with your car? Save yourself a trip to the mechanic and look it up online. Homework help is at your fingertips - and so are the answers.
The Internet also gives you freedom to be stupid. Not only are there spell checkers, that you use so frequently you forget how to spell; but there are math calculators, currency calculators, recipe calculators, birthday calculators, JavaScript calculators, graphing calculators and calorie calculators. (I try not to use the last one.) With the Internet, you have the freedom to never do another calculation in your head again.
You have the freedom to travel quickly. Directories and maps are available in an instant. No more looking for out-of-state or outdated phone books. No more rummaging through faded maps and scribbled directions. Just search and print. You also have the freedom to avoid a trip to the post office. Bill payments can be made online, gifts can be purchased and mailed, and postal services offer click and ship services. No need to stop at the bank because you can do all of your bank transactions online for your home and your business.
You have the freedom to outsource. You can get help from anywhere in the world, at any time. You have the freedom to make international friends that would have never been possible before. You have the freedom to cry or complain and nobody will know who you are. You have the freedom to think about what you’re going to say before you’re going to say it. You have the freedom to “talk” 24/7 without waking anybody up. You have the freedom to hit “send” or “cancel.” You have the freedom to hit “delete.”
You can hear the latest news from hundreds of sources. You have the freedom to easily keep in touch with politics and law and courts and hearings. The Internet gives you the freedom to hear the opinions from millions of others and give yours back. The Internet gives thousands of hearts and homes the freedom to share, without ever once worrying if the toilet is clean. The Internet has made us flexible and it keeps us free.
