- It gives us access to the best of knowledge, teaching, experts for free
- It gives us unfettered entertainment- free music in Youtube and TV shows like Game of Thrones instead of waiting years for our government to approve it
- It allows us to criticize our leaders on blog,s Facebook, Twitter without getting censored by corrupt politicians and a corrupt media- Government nexus
- It allows us to keep in touch via Skype via Facebook to people far way without straining our purse
- It allows us to learn a lot without paying a lot
That is just me- an urban citizen in a relatively decent economy. The benefits to underprivileged humans is even more