When I was young, and it was not so long ago (I was almost thirty years old), the information was not easy. When it came to education and research on specific issues and ideas, you could usually go to the library or perhaps see an interest professional for a chat. If you go back to tribal times (still only instantly blink with the Universal Eye), you will go and see wise elders, whose knowledge was perceived as paramount. These missions or truth searches usually mean long hours of waiting for a book search (if they were available) and waiting in queues. In the case of talking to people in the course, this meant organizing time to fit those that fit into both of your schedules (if they were willing to save you from any of their precious time). With the advent of the Internet, the times have now changed significantly, and this mysterious information-sharing tool has turned to look for old knowledge. We are entering an era when knowledge is literally at our fingertips. Even more books, queuing or interviews will not be required.
The amount of accumulated time and massive storage of information, access to which we now have, can lead to a completely new way of life of mankind and the exchange of knowledge. The Internet is new, and some people are pessimistic about the huge number of false, misleading and unproved ideas that we need to skip in order to get to the right material. Some even think that the amount of information available makes the mind of a modern person to be overly stimulated by the mass confusion of ideas, both true and false, and often not related to personal life. The massive part of the Internet that has been repeatedly accepted and filled with pornography sites shocks me tremendously. However, I believe that they are the natural errors of # 39; that are emerging with any new element contributing to the formation of human society, and over time the true role of the Internet will shine as its goal begins to gain momentum and rewards.
First of all, a strikingly wide range of sources available in any particular area. You can get many perspectives from experts from around the world. If you want to make sure that the information is correct or well founded, you can read the others. views on the subject in question, as well as researches of the researcher himself, ascertaining whether their studies are based on authoritative means and processes.
If you are interested in information from different areas. For example: philosophy and astrophysics, you no longer need to spend time moving from one library to another or be able to knock down bags from the third floor to the fifth. For fifteen minutes you can read the guitar, skateboarding, African dance and Marx politics. If you go to university, libraries are now online with most of the texts available for download. No later fees for not returning the book, because your car brought and hit a tree, trying to return it to the blizzard!
We still need to talk to those who know about the wise people of our global community. The chiefs and shamans of old are now reduced in rank, but there are more people than ever before specializing in specific areas of knowledge. Using email, MSN Messenger and Skype for online communication, we can instantly connect with people. Webcams mean that you can talk to another brain surgeon from the other side of the world, face to face, just before this operation, where the right information can make or break an exit. You can communicate with groups of people with whom you may have never experienced physical contact. In medieval times, it was rare to leave the local village and meet people who lived only ten miles away. Now there are chat rooms and forums where people who are interested in the same thing as you can get together and hold informative discussions on relevant issues and topics. Political and national boundaries dissolve under need and want to share knowledge with similar thoughts.
What does all this mean for humanity? This may mean that we save time, meaning more time to spend on life what is really important for us, how to be loved and to follow our dreams and aspirations. This may mean being able to solve problems in areas a few minutes before you could be immersed in ignorance. Perhaps this makes the whole society start to turn into a more informed look, the knowledge of which is widespread and diverse. Whatever the result of the arrival of this great medium, one thing remains: people are more inclined to find answers to their quests when the ultimate source of our collective understanding is at hand and easily accessible.
