Parents with young kids who were pressurized to move to central places to take
advantage of education and medical facilities may be able to use tele-services and distance
learning in order to stay in their societies.
This has led several people to predict that the internet has the capacity to change
everything-the way to work, the way we learn and play and even maybe the way we sleep
(Symonds, 1999).
On balance, though, through transparency and interactivity the internet enables the
world to become better informed. Even in countries and regions where human rights are not
respected, people can access and, more importantly, generate and share information with
the entire world. As a result, democracy spreads gradually, empowering individuals to decide
for themselves.