The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

THE GOOD: How web video powers global innovation

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html

This video shows the good side of the Internet because it shows the power it has to spread ideas and interests all over the globe. By posting a video on sites such as YouTube, people have the ability to see it, comment on it, and share it with others which can lead to millions of views from everywhere. The bigger the crowd the more innovation is possible. The Internet has caused dance to evolve by people sharing their moves on video and people challenge their video by posting one of their own maybe coming up with more and more new skills and it reaches a wide audience. As seen in the TED talk, a 6 year old was able to dance with the skills of a much older person. People are able to share their ideas through videos and learn from each other and learn about other countries and it is a really good tool to have and is advancing our world. If a video goes viral it can get global recognition and I think it can be a really helpful and useful thing.

THE BAD: The Internet could crash. We need a plan B

http://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_the_internet_could_crash_we_need_a_plan_b.html

This video shows the bad side of the Internet. This TED talk brings up the point that we are too dependent on the Internet and that it wasn't designed to handle this large scale of uses. If the Internet did ever crash, which could be possible what we do? I think everyone would be lost and that is not a good feeling. The Internet is depended upon for everything now a days because technology keeps advancing and time moves forward. Danny Hillis believes we are setting ourselves up for disaster, that we don't know the consequence that will be if we suddenly didn't have the Internet and I agree with him. Our world is connected through the Internet and so is so many aspects of our lives and it is sad to me that our dependency keeps growing on the Internet and that no one thinks to make a Plan B incase the Internet fails.

THE UGLY: A mile-high hack: An app that could remotely hijack planes

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/04/11/176939711/a-mile-high-hack-an-app-that-could-remotely-hijack-planes

This video shows the ugly of the Internet. When people are at risk for harm that's when the Internet gets ugly. This article was about a man that was able to use an app on his smartphone to hijack a virtual air control system. Even though it is not known if it could work on an actual aircraft in flight it is still terrifying that someone could, through their phone, control the plane. That is a very dangerous thing if the wrong people get a hold of that technology and knowledge. I think it is a wake up call for the aircraft industry that their security needs to be improved and be updated so an attack like this never occurs. People are getting smarter and smarter and it's scary that even the bad guys are getting smarter and are trying to find ways to take us down and the Internet can definitely be an ugly place and this is one example of it.