You just learned how search, wikis, commerce, and news have changed as a result of technology. Pick a search engine, wiki, online business, or news outlet, and write a response that: Describes how this innovation works Describes how this innovation inputs, transforms, and outputs data Lists one existing or potential benefit (to society, the economy, a group of people, culture) of this innovation Lists one existing or potential harm (to society, the economy, a group of people, culture) of this innovation Compares the existing technology to tools that were previously used to accomplish the same task

Search Engines are incredibly innovative technology. They allow us to search for absolutely anything and gives us all the information that exists surrounding that topic in a matter of seconds. This has helped every single individual with access to a search engine regardless of the industry or reason of use. Even though this access to instant knowledge has endless benefits it can also cause harm. Since anyone's information can be displayed for anyone to see and easily found through a search engine. It ultimately falls down to what the user's intentions are with the data available, which can sometimes be malicious. Previously the only way to access information was through books at a library which could take days, weeks, or even months to find the information that you initially needed. Search engines completely changed this.