"We have the capabilities of sifting through bleeding edge information that shapes our lives on a daily basis with the internet." What exactly are you talking

"We have the capabilities of sifting through bleeding edge information that shapes our lives on a daily basis with the internet." What exactly are you talking about here? Of the top of my head I can't thank of anything on the internet that isn't a total waste of time, with two exceptions: - looking up specific information (programming docs, the first 10 minutes on wikipedia, etc) - browsing the arXiv