I love spending time on the internet, it is a global system of interconnected networks that use internet protocol, and there is so much to learn from it!
The internet is a necessary part of modern life. We've become so integrated into instant information, we'd be setting ourselves back immensely if it were to suddenly turn off. 
I completly agree with that, we rely so heavily on the internet nowadays.
It's also completely enveloped the way we enjoy our current media. Most cable services are downright stream services now!
I know, it's seriously so crazy the way that the internet has evolved and how everything IS on the internet now.
And let's talk about Amazon. There's hardly a single product in the world that you cannot order straight to your front door with such little hassle!
History of the Internet
The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. Initial concepts of wide area networking originated in several computer science laboratories in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts as early as the 1960s, including for the development of the ARPANET project, directed by Robert Taylor and managed by Lawrence Roberts. The first message was sent over the ARPANET in 1969 from computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock's laboratory at University of California, Los
Internet
The Internet (portmanteau of interconnected network) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a "network of networks" that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of