I've been on the Internet since 1994, so that makes me a cyber-pioneer. I remember the thrill and the tremendous sense of unlimited promise that permeated those early days. People felt they were launching a grand device for universal improvement, and they were proud of it.

Since then, despite the amazing universalization of the 'net, this glorious promise has dimmed.

Turn on your email at any hour of the day or night, and you'll find waves of filth and vulgarity. The unseemly has become common, as we all become hardened to the unending obscenities that rightly affront decent people and corrupt all of us.

Even worse than the filth, there are the predators -- sexual and financial. And beyond that the terrorists who use this tool to plot ways to kill, maim, and destroy, for reasons often casual and obscure.

What went wrong? How did the Internet go from being the white hope of humanity only 14 years ago to being something which perfectly intelligent and rational people now say they wish had never been invented in the first place?

And what can you do about it anyway?

One Solution: Decent People Helping Decent People

We all know that technology is neutral; it can be used for good and evil. However, to make it work for right, good, decent people must be willing to take action. Good never triumphs without decent people seeing the problem and taking the necessary action to deal with it.

One such group of people can be found right this minute at Worldprofit's LIVE Business Center. This technology was invited by George Kosch, chief technical officer for Edmonton, Alberta-based www.worldprofit.com .

Kosch invented a system which enabled people worldwide to come to a central place where they could get assistance from LIVE folks called "Monitors" 24/7. This in itself is revolutionary. Wake up in Nairobi, log in, get instant business assistance from trained Monitors who are available to help you on demand.

But unprecedented as Kosch's technology is, it's how it's being used that makes the most significant -- and hopeful -- statement.

Worldprofit has turned the LIVE Business Center over to actual, real people who come up for 2 hours a week each to assist all comers. When you go there you deal with folks like you, real everyday people who are using the Internet to grow their businesses and profit in legitimate ways. There are no scams, no predators, no filth, no terrorists. Just good, decent, everyday people putting their online business knowledge to work for every single person who logs in during their on air consulting stint. And this goes on 24 hours a day, day in, day out.

These people, and there are more of them every single day, are in the business of being helpful, professional, and, yes, humane and kind, virtues which must be exercised or they will be lost forever.

If You Are Trying To Use The Internet Legitimately To Make Extra Money, Come See For Yourself

If you've been disgusted by the progressive decline of online standards and have a desire to run a legitimate online business and profit with the assistance of decent people from all over the world, take action now.