Some people believe that the internet has brought people closer together by making the world smaller. Others disagree, claiming that the internet has made people and communities more isolated because they no longer need to leave home and interact with others. Discuss both views.

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The
internet
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is an
undividable
impossible to avoid or evade
unavoidable
part of most people’s lives nowadays. It is the main source that helps us in keeping the bridges with many people, but at the same time
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is where the thoughts split. Some people think of it
as of a solution
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as a solution
, the others disagree, saying that it is no more than isolation.57 The reason why people find the
internet
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very helpful is obvious. The main one is communication. They do not need to go on long journeys just in order to see, give or show something anymore.
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, there is a close relative or a friend of someone, who lives a long way away. They would have to
gone
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go
by horses, cars or planes if they needed to see each other, without any guarantee of success. Now it is much more convenient. It is enough to click the button and you send the picture, see or hear the voice of someone from the other part of the planet.107 When it is about the other group of people, who think of the
internet
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as of a sort of isolation, they find
face-to-face kind
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a face-to-face kind
the face-to-face kind
of communication the best one, regardless of the out coming problems (
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as the above-mentioned inconvenience). They believe, that it is much better for every human-being to leave their houses so that they interact with the others, than doing it from their homes. Some of them find it better for health too, especially among the older generation. They claim that the fresh air and the physical activity may prevent many diseases.95 In brief,
although
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internet
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cannon be replaced from the modern people’s lives, the points of view are different. While some of them praise the power of technologies, the others are pretty conservative about it. They say it is no more than isolation and people must leave their houses to see their friends or relatives.54

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