All of the discussion around the internet as if it's something we should take seriously has me baffled. It's an ill defined concept and the effort is being led

All of the discussion around the internet as if it's something we should take seriously has me baffled. It's an ill defined concept and the effort is being led by a government department that hardly anyone trusts or even likes. As far as I can tell it's the telephone but on a screen with a typewriter. Or in other words it's the telephone but with extra steps in the way of obtaining the information or completing the transaction, not to mention the increased hardware costs (screens are expensive) and wiring costs associated with this superfluous fluff. I just don't understand how they aren't being laughed out of the room. This is fantasy level stuff and it's going to be an absolutely massive failure. - People of the 80's