Internet Communication

Communication is defined as a process that allows the exchange of information based on a common language. In this age the most common language is no longer defined by a spoken dialect or calculated by the number of people who speak English, French or Mandarin. It is based on a more global language, a new language whose system of communication is owned by no one. A system that has the potential to eliminate boundaries between people, this communication system is called the World Wide Web. Also known as the Internet this system is accessible to everyone, a common tool to interact with the world truly from the palm of your hand.

The Internet is a dynamic community of information that looks similar to a spider’s web. A web is composed of an expandable number of strands that connect each section to each other and to the whole. Each person who uses the internet is the master of their own experience; they sit at the center of the web. Using the internet one can do research, learn, interact with others, express opinions, share insight, offer services, play games, display art and basically anything one can think of. Information is stored in a linkable container identified by a chosen name (address) that is called a Website.

Each website that contains any kinds of information works like an electronic book with a table of contents, chapters, pictures and an index. Imagine you could open a book to the table of contents and simply by touching an element showing on page 37 the book would automatically open to that page. The whole book has these links creating connections within itself and to the outside, to other related books. You can dynamically move through the information based on your own chosen adventure. The Internet - An interactive, self guided, automatic adventure through information.

The power of the internet is not only in linking all resourced information together but also in the ability to gather and execute action in the greatest of quantities. Just recently the Tibetan people reached out to the people of the world for support to reclaim their culture and safety. An online petition was created on March 18, 2008 in an attempt to show the Chinese that they were supported by a large number of people from around the world. They needed not just a large number of people but a HUGE number of people. In just over 2 weeks they gathered over 1.5 million signatures which were given to the Chinese President Hu Jintao urging restraint, respect for human rights, and dialogue with the Dalai Lama. This is at least 100,000 signatures per day from all around the world. As quoted from the Avaaz organization that setup the petition, "Together, we've built an unprecedented wave of global pressure".

Imagine the possibilities when a great number of people come together to execute change. The internet is a tool that can bring the world together under one roof, ONE SYSTEM OF UNITY.