As I get older (late 30s), I'm finding Internet culture more alien and less appealing to my demographic, so I've been spending less and less time on it.
Outside of work, I'm looking at about 5 minutes per day, unless I'm online gaming, but then its just to game, not chat with other players. I read a lot of online articles (Wired Danger Room++), I scan through feeds, find an article and Instapaper them for offline reading.
I don't feel like I'm really missing anything. Any information important enough will eventually get to me.
Reading, rock climbing, enjoying the outdoors, getting exercise, spending time with my family.
If there were no Internet because the Internet didn't exist, the world would be very different and maybe I'd have stuck around school for another degree helping people dream it up. :)
If there were no Internet because I were stranded somewhere with no Internet, I'd find a way to get the hell out of there.
Even though if there would have been no internet it won't effect my discipline (electrical engineering) directly, I wouldn't be this smart. I would have been an average kid succumbing to peer pressure and taking up the hottest discipline I can get from my <insert standardized test name here> score.
As I get older (late 30s), I'm finding Internet culture more alien and less appealing to my demographic, so I've been spending less and less time on it.
Outside of work, I'm looking at about 5 minutes per day, unless I'm online gaming, but then its just to game, not chat with other players. I read a lot of online articles (Wired Danger Room++), I scan through feeds, find an article and Instapaper them for offline reading.
I don't feel like I'm really missing anything. Any information important enough will eventually get to me.