The internet can help provide the basic intelligence to obtain other needs, but I don't think it is part of Maslow's hierarchy as a layer. It's more of a communication facilitator, in the sense of books, phones, and penned letters in the past. It is certainly helpful when it comes to obtaining needs in our society, but it is more of a convenience than a need because all of Maslow's other needs can also be had without the internet.
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I hope I didn't come across as downplaying the significance of the internet and the previous forms of human communication. I do think the transfer of information is a vital thing. It's just hard to fit it into Maslow's hierarchy because it can influence the acquisition of every other need. I completely understand the idea of including it, however. I think Maslow might have assumed informational know-how as a given when he came up with his hierarchy. Maybe it should be the first item after all, as a subset of knowledge to enable the rest of the needs.