Niveuse Lephas

Benefits depend on the availability of Internet services, coupled with an individual's lifestyle, education, age, affluence, technical literacy and key driver(s) (such as business, peer network etc). Benefits include: Self-education, time/cost savings for certain activities, eco benefits, rich forms of on-demand entertainment, evolution of new forms of "leveled" human networks (beyond corporations, religions or government), propagation of creativity/imagination and freedom of expression. The highest value future benefits are the last two points above - but don't bother to try to quantify these. On the flip side, there are many negative aspects related to the Internet, such as: contribution to the "fatty country", crime, anti-eco aspects of consumerism and technology, psychological effects of isolationism, mis/disinformation, dumbing down, plagiarism etc. The point you should note is that the Internet is messy and unlike anything else. It is not Westfields, Channel 9, the stock exchange, a health clinic or the local library. It is much, much more - beyond what a Government can hope to understand or influence in a meaningful way.