And yet...what is it that needs to be changed? I forgot.

Not only does the internet changes nothing. Technology itself does not change anything.

We are just mere seconds in a one minute clock reaching the first second...backwards.

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That's telling em! Yup, sorry, you were born into a very strict universe that operates on certain basic un-alterable principles. When it rains you get wet, when the sun shines you get hot, grass is green - all of these things work.
The internet is junk food for so-called techies. It was based on weak infrastructure and is supported by the most ridiculous of script languages. What exactly did you expect?!

Unfortunately, any technology can be used for both good and bad, and the internet has been able to reach into those areas of human inventiveness which showcase both the human mind at its best and at its very worst. It's unlikely any other technology has been able to reach as far into the cultural and societal fabric of humanity as quickly and pervasively.
Among the worst users of the internet are the the vermin who send us viruses, pop-ups, spam email, phishing attempts to sucker us out of our money and other intrusions into our efforts to use it productively, to promote the human (or our employer's) cause.
Among the best are those who care and inform and voice their concern for our world, its peoples, the millions of disadvantaged and dying and the billions of creatures which inhabit this fragile planet with us give rise to web sites which inform us, lift us up, stimulate us to take action, get out of our chairs and actually make a difference somewhere, to something.
The good of the internet is it permits people to look things up and make connections between items of information, and connect to other people and other groups faster than any previous generation has been able to do. Some of this information is truthful and useful, some false and malevolent, some (like kiddie porn) truly presents an element of humanity at its very worst and most depraved. Hopefully we will be able to more quickly develop the means and wisdom to discern the one from the other.
By itself, the internet likely can't change anything - it's only people, sometimes through using the internet as leverage, who can make change. The internet is like information for its own sake - inert and of academic interest. Information plus Action plus Wisdom plus Heart can lead to growth and a positive future, but the Internet can only feed one fourth of that equation. The rest of it lies within us, always has.
Let's not be too enamoured of our technology - smart as some of it's becoming, at best it's there to help us become more Human, and hopefully more Humane some day.
An artificial heart may pump well and save a life, but it can't feel.

Well, the Web does help when one encounters a new word like gandydance. Pre-web, I would have to had gotten up and gone to look for a dictionary to find its meaning. And I probably would have been too lazy to do that.
But sitting at my computer, I could ck it at two dictionary web sites (neither had it!) and then utilize a search engine to find it is extremely rare in usage! Aside from your blog, there were just a few other citations, with the meaning to work on railroad tracks which does not seem to fit your context. And lo and behold there is one book with Gandydance in the title! And it is the story of a railroad worker!
However at one time there was even a web site www.gandydance.com although it does not exist now.
So my curiosity got more piqued. So please--where did you get this word and how?

To assess the overall impact of the internet on our world economy, you should step back and take in a broader view of the past century. If you have broadband, I highly recommend you watch Commanding Heights, a video presentation that PBS has graciously made available online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/
Good stuff. And it'll really put the effect of the internet in proper historical perspective. (Spoiler: Yes, the internet is very important).

Yessir, Mr. Strukhoff, you're really onto something here. The Internet is just like a new baby or a new religion or a new war: for some people, it really does change everything; for the rest, ho hum. There are Sumerian inscriptions from 4000 BC lamenting that the younger generation is destroying civilization. We're all just chimpanzees with tools and language anyway: we use language to express our chimpanzee desires and tools to attain them. Banana? Oook! Oook! Eeep! Eeep!

Wow, no one pulls anything over on you middle class crackers.

Sounds like you need a holiday. Have you tried Australia?