Question Three

Well just about everything is on the internet. It's sort of funny really, even books and magazines are on the internet. However, for the normal person anyway, hard copies are still very valuable because I can't just Google an e-book in the middle of a road trip. Some of my favorite presents from family are books or CD's (or cassettes when i was little); it just wouldn't be the same if it was an iTunes gift card or an eBook. There are so many things about our world that is physical and I think that it's like that for a reason. Humans crave physical interaction, whether that's with other people, a pet, or even an object that holds significance value. So yeah, almost anything is accessible by internet now, but there are some things that we absolutely need to be physical and able to hold it in our hands. I couldn't imagine going to the beach without any sand to bury my little sister in or make a sand castle out of. To me, that's what only using electronic copies are. Sure, sometimes we don't want sand to get in our hair or down our clothes, but sometimes that's a necessary evil that comes with spending a day at the beach with loved ones. I think it's very convenient that so much information is on the internet, but there's a time and a place for it, just like there's a time and a place for a nice, old, worn, hard cover book.