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 the view and give your opinion.

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Since the advent of
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, our life has changed in every aspect. While some claim that the
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has minimized our need for socializing and reduced our engagement with people, I believe that the
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has shrunk the world and
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has eased our life in many aspects.
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essay will discuss both perspectives. On one hand, thanks to the
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, we are able to do many things we could not do 4 decades ago. Today, we are able to access any information whenever we want and wherever we are.
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, no matter where we are we can acquire any information we need. To give an example, a couple of years ago, On my holiday in Berlin, I got lost and I was looking for a decent hotel with a reasonable price. It was midnight and the only source was my mobile phone with an
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connection. After checking the comments of others, I managed to spend the night staying in a comfortable hotel.
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, the reliance on the
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has reduced human
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. Texting and instant messages
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converted many people into
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beings. The more dependence on the
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, the less we interact with others. To illustrate,
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online banking has eased our life in many aspects, we do not need the hospitality of the people working at banks.
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, online education has diminished the
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of tutors and pupils. Whenever students have a question, they prefer to write an email to their teachers. It can be obviously seen that online activities have reduced the necessity of human
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. All in all,
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the
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and the dependence on online activities have reduced the necessity of human
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, as a social
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we are still in search
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human engagement. I believe that using the
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consciously would mitigate its negative effects.
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