If like me you find yourself logged onto the internet at least 10 hours a day, it begs the question – “Is the internet addictive?”

The internet seems to be taking over our lives, we bank online, we buy online, we sell online and now thanks to sites like “Second Life” we can now actually live online!

The internet reminds me of that Jim Carey movie “The Truman Show” where Carey was taken by a studio as a baby and placed in a world which was full of actors. His life was filmed and shown everywhere around the world with millions upon millions of people watching him grow from a young child into a man, becoming a little more inquisitive everyday, until he finally realised that things were not quite right. Slowly but surely he began to push the boundaries further and further until he finally realised the truth.

Over the last couple of years it sometimes feels as though all of our moves are being tracked on the internet. We have Friends Reunited sites which let people known where we went to school, what lessons we attended (and the ones we did not!) and our friends as we progressed through school. Just lately we have seen the authorities loading up each and every consensus there has ever been onto the internet for all to see, meaning that much of our life is now public knowledge.

The latest twist has seen the likes of Google introducing Web 2 and adverts which are themed exactly to our surfing patters, with many suggesting that these new advertising programs will actually know where you are going next before you do. Now we are hearing that our surfing habits are actually being sold and there is a big court case looming about the possible infringement to privacy laws.

All in all the internet continues to progress at lightening quick speed but are we all being dragged into this new virtual world where all aspects of our life are on show? Are we entering the world of The Truman Show?