Wednesday, 4 June 2014

What now that internet is here to stay?

Now that internet is here to stay, look for the positive aspects:

(1)  Internet is very powerful!  It has attracted 34.57% of the global population; 2.42 billion out of 7 billion people access it (http://www.statista.com/topics/1145/internet-usage-worldwide/).

(2)  Internet facilitates communication!  As the most populated continent; most users are from Asia and Asians are hospitable by nature-- open, welcoming, listening, communicating...

(3) The internet adapts to the lifestyle of its users!  Rapid migration demands speed and portability of communication tools.

(4)  Internet satisfies its users!  Unsatisfaction leads to other ways of ingenuity.

(5)  Internet is an open venue to encounter other cultures!    (http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/papa-francesco_20140124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html).

(6) Internet is a portal for dialogue of truth.

(7) Internet in the hands of good people leads to further progress for the sake of the young.










What if internet never existed?

If internet never existed, then there would be no world wide web (http://technology.inquirer.net/34738/world-wide-web-turns-25-years-old)  and so, there would be no social media but human persons are basically social beings, hence, the internet will be ultimately crafted...

The reality is this, every person needs to communicate from the very beginning of times... in whatever form from solid rocks to perfumed homemade stationeries, from quills to touch screens...

Human need is the mother of invention, hence, the mobile phone generously emerged from the two tin cans connected by a long piece of string to Alexander Grahambell's telephone.

The first successful entry in the net was a series of memorandums about "Galactic Network" concept in 1962 (http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet). Indeed, if there is a will, there is a way!

I know that internet will come in time because there is always somebody thinking of modernization. But what if there was no internet? Definitely, there will be a lot of time saved to enjoy fresh, unmediated reality!

But the reality is, internet existed even without me asking for it! Then I found myself opening an e-mail account, then a Facebook account and then a Twitter account. Life becomes an endless accountability.

It's okay. Internet is here. We all have to live that reality. But the real reality is, internet connectivity exists while our life exists. The desire to be forever connected will be totally granted, in heaven for all eternity!