What Positive And Negative Effects Has The Internet Had On Our Society As A Whole?

There are so many effects the internet has had on our society both negative and positive. I would say the biggest positive effect is ease of information. Anyone can look up and get Information on anything whether is be health or business or legal. Alternatively, I think the biggest negative effect is ease of access to consumers by anyone wanting to make money. Consumers compulsively buy so many things on the internet that they don't need and the consumer product industries doesn't care if a home is broken because the parents or kids get access to the internet and speed money they don't have. I personally think that our society has become so fixated on the internet and spending money on things they don't need that Im sure that played apart in our current national financial crisis. Im not saying that it is the sole cause by any means but I think it certainly played into it.