Reponse to Web 2.0 Video

The title of the video: "Web 2.0 is us/using us" means that even though, as individuals, we form to make up the internet, the internet is also using us for information and changing the customs and quality of life of the world. For example, when entering the business world, meetings can be held by web cams and employees can telecommunicate or work from home on the internet. The video shows that html and email are gradually changing the way we exchange information. Paper and pencil are sometimes no longer needed on a daily basis to communicate with co-workers. Furthermore, employees entering the workforce looking for jobs must know how to use the internet and develop computer skills in order to be competitive. Without being internet and computer savvy, they will become overwhelmed by technology and will not be able to keep pace with their employer. Employees already in the workforce have to take the time to learn the new computer skills, or get replaced. The whole point of a company is to reduce its working capital costs and time. The internet and computers reduce both capital costs (such as organizing information and accounting for inventory) and is also time efficient.
The internet makes us "rethink everything." It makes us rethink the ways we communicate, the way we gather information, the way we pay or bills, the way we shop, and even the way we spend our free time. Everything that was once a separate activity can now all be accomplished on the internet. Even our language is slowly being changed by internet slang. Is the internet us, or is it using us and changing the way we live permanently?