What Are The Consequences?

Do we ever stop and think of the consequences of the internet? it allows for the good the bad and the ugly but more importantly it connects a lot of minds. These minds create, store and disseminate information therefore how could the idea of information overload on the "information superhighway" (which like any highway has traffic) be overlooked? In the physical form this phenomenon existed in  our  mail boxes as junk mail or as excess memos on our desks. The progression of them into a digital medium allow for quicker dissemination or as i like to point out-removal. The quick acquisition and release of vast amounts of information are the only consequences i can see to allowing these "minds " to be connected and effect it neither positively or negatively. What use, i ask then, is does the existence of such amounts of information have if we are only going to acquire then remove what we don't want? i cannot answer this because i believe it can only be seen through the progression of our use of this technology. How will we utalize, access, and stire information in the future and will it affect us for the better or worse? the generation of today will write this chapter in our history of digital evolution and what an interesting chapter it will be.