[jackgavigan]

The same thing could have been said about information in the pre-Internet era.

[7800]

The internet enabled an explosion of growth of useful data and communication.

Changing the currency system just because the old one wasn’t broken enough is not a good idea.

[lifty]

Your first sentence draws a conclusion using the benefit of hindsight. Your second sentence doesn’t make sense in the context. TVs and radios were also not broken before the internet.