Critics wonder what the point of the Internet is if people are using it more for pointless or harmful activities than what it was originally intended for in Bush s conception. Ultimately, however, Stoll and other critics seem to be wasting their breath because all indications point to the fact that the Internet is here to stay, and that people might as well adapt to it, for better or worse. Although there is a lot of truth to what skeptics have to say, the benefits of the WWW will someday, if they have not already, outweigh the costs. For example, after filtering through all the junk on the Internet, that one needle in the haystack may turn out to be a real gem full of information a user would not have been able to obtain so easily without the Internet. The WWW is a gold mine of rarities and treasures that many feel is worth the frustration.
People can seek the advice of a variety of people, and learn about things easily.
No one can deny that Bush s original vision of the Memex was greatly distorted into the form of the Internet. The content itself is what is different from Bush s ideas, since the Internet has become associated more with culture and society than knowledge in its purest form. And it is because of that content that so many problems and issues have arisen like security, privacy, and the psychological ramifications. If Bush were around today, he would likely approve of the Internet and claim his dream has been realized because all he really expected was a machine that would store what people consider important, and the WWW, as a reflection of society, perhaps more than anything else, really is nothing more than what you make of it. Unfortunately, however, he would also feel that his dream was all in vain, and be greatly disappointed in what people have done with it.