{"id":219,"date":"2021-04-28T19:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:11:23","slug":"entry-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/entry-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry #9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Describe three ways that computers have made the world safer and less safe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computers have been very helpful for many reasons, but at the same time it has also created new problems. The world is safer because of the accessibility of information. Because of the internet people are able to access information that they would not have been able to before and are able to learn and thrive. This can help other developing countries learn if schooling is hard to come by. Computers have also helped with saving people\u2019s lives, because computers are used a lot in medicine. Computers can help identify dangerous growths or help log information about patients. They can even help doctors identify and treat rare diseases. In some cases, people need computers to actually keep living. The internet also helps people struggling with certain mental health conditions. They are able to find sources online where they can get help from doctors. Because of the pandemic people have suffered more from mental illnesses like anxiety and depression. The inter can help connect friends back together to prevent sadness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the world has become safer because of computers, it has also become a lot more dangerous too. Firstly because of the rapid advances in technology, older generations might have had a bad time adapting to the changes. Older generations might have a harder time navigating through the internet and could end up on sketchy websites. Elderly have become victims of scammers all the time, one moment they are trying to fix your computer, and the next one, they have all your bank information. Computers have also created a lot of different kinds of cyber-attacks too. There are a lot of people who become victims of the many different kinds of cyber-attacks. If you are not careful online, you could potentially get your information stolen. Lastly computers have also become a breeding ground for people who are racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. Because of how anonymous you can be, you can say whatever you want. People online can also manipulate you very easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describe three ways that computers have made the world safer and less safe. Computers have been very helpful for many reasons, but at the same time it has also created new problems. The world is safer because of the accessibility of information. Because of the internet people are able to access information that they would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19888,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/patrickhurleyeportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}