When it comes to the issue of whether using technology and the internet for knowledge is beneficial or not, some people believe that the internet is a very convenient tool to gain knowledge, others may assert that the information on the internet violent the ability for an individual to cultivate independent thinking. As far as I am concerned, the internet is a very useful tool for people to learn new knowledge; however, we have to balance the pros and cons of it first. First, the internet provides people with the abundant information. When we want to search for a specific knowledge of a topic, besides going to a library and borrow a book to look for the answer, there is an easier and more convenient choice for us --- just google a keyword and you can find not only document resource, but also a plenty of videos and pictures. However, we still have to filter what we have learned from the internet since many people can’t tell the difference between information and knowledge. Information is the refined data and knowledge is the refined information, and most of the knowledge is authorized by the professions, but most of the information we have online is written by the public, and it is possible that some information may mislead people’s opinions. Hence, we should be more careful when using the information we find online. Second, we can always find the latest news on the internet. Since social media are very popular today, it is very common for people to rely on the mass media to gain the most updated information. However, because of the rise of user generated content, many people nowadays tend to make their own decision by reading other people’s opinion instead of believing their own judgment. For example, when deciding which restaurant to go to, we search for the review from other’s posts and blog articles; when valuing whether a movie is worth to watch, we read the critic’s movie review and decide the value of the movie. Therefore, before using the knowledge which we learn from the internet, we have to judge the value based on our own wisdom first. Technology is not the problem. It is the way that we use technology and internet decided the outcome. If we just used it as a tool instead of as an only way to gain knowledge and make an important decision, I believe the advantages of using the internet will be overweight the disadvantage of it.