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When people form groups, it’s usually because they have something in common.
Book clubs.
DnD parties.
The DeFranco Elite.
Even the Triangle Bob Fan Club!
Yeah, no, that exists!
But what if people got together over something that unites a bunch of us around the world,
I’m talking about the Internet!
And what if it wasn’t just a group, but a whole new country!
Let’s assume everybody who used the Internet was a citizen, they had to spend most of their
time online, and they could still physically be in another country.
So what would it even be like if every Internet user was united under the virtual nation of
Internetland?
We might be able to think of a better name!
Let me know if the comment section below.
Well, for one, based off of population alone it would be the biggest country in the world!
By far.
Looking at a few different pieces of research, it seems that around 4.4 /billion/ people
in the world use the Internet, or around 57% of the total population.
Compare that to China, currently in the lead at a little less than 1.4 billion, and you
can see how big we’re talking.
Not to mention how big the economy would be.
Even if you just take 57% of the gross world product, a precise measure of output value
which the CIA estimates was around 80 /trillion/ dollars in 2017, you’re still talking about
nearly 46 trillion dollars.
That’s a lot of pizza bagels!
Our Internet country would also more than likely be a place built, and maybe even governed,
by younger generations.
Let’s take a look at the United States for an example.
According to stats from the Pew Research Center, in 2019, practically all US adults in the
age range from 18 to 29 use the Internet, while around 27% of those aged 65 and over
admit to not being online.
That’s a good chunk being left out of the loop… and not having a direct say in anything
that goes on.
Politicians are often older in the US, with the average age of senators being around 62
years, but if our Internet population is younger than normal, it makes sense that the governing
body might be as well… and made up of more democrats.
That’s because, compared to republicans, democrats tend to be a bit younger and more
college-educated, both of which make you more likely to use the Internet, at least in the
US.
Not trying to start a war in the comments guys!
That’s just what I found out!
Now, from a social aspect, having an online country could have some significant downsides
if everyone needed to interact online instead of in-person.
According to a 2012 study from the University of British Columbia, cyberbullying can be
more prevalent than traditional bullying.
They found that about 25-30% of younger people had experienced or taken part in cyberbullying,
while only around 12% of them had experienced or taken part in schoolyard bullying.
Especially if people began to be raised online, this could lead to a big issue!
Our virtual society could also be harder to regulate or keep track of due to how much
of the Internet isn’t easily visible from a Google search.
Estimates have said that, compared to the normal stuff, the parts of the Internet that
are effectively hidden from search engines, known as the deep web, are 4 to 5 /hundred/
times bigger.
If you look at online content and web pages as the Internet’s exports, it’s crazy
to think how much of that the Internetlandians will never know about.
So how often do you use the internet?
Are you a one to four hours kind of person or a… well… a lot more?
Let me know down in the comment section below!
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