We are at the very heart of a real knowledge revolution!
Think about it: from the discovery of fire to the television, all of mankind's stepping stones have become so because of the way they keep us closer.
The birth of commerce via the agricultural revolution, the silk road, the printing press, the industrial revolution, automobile revolution, you name it, all these events brought people and ideas together, expanding our knowledge and helping us to not just learn, but exchange and do things together.
And now all of a sudden kids are born on a planet where more than one third of the population can access and share most of the world's knowledge in a matter of seconds.
The internet might be the most important change in our society since electricity.
2.8 Billion people can now learn about mostly everything via entertaining content, form new ideas, share them and apply them.
In a very recent past, the same process would have required considerably larger ressources: transportation, book borrowing, sourcing, more book borrowing, note taking and organizing. To end up as a manuscript that, if it failed to convince the right people, was to be read aloud on the top of a soap box.
Internet taps into the potential of each of us. Now, we all are teachers, thinkers, opinion makers, we can all shape, together, ideas that will change our collective way to observe, understand, and act.
But what do we do? We're getting busy. When we're not working, we engage in contest of food photography and take pictures of our feet, preferably near a pool, when we're not answering 10 easy questions to determine what kind of sandwich we are.
There is the question: we if we used Internet at its full potential?
And there, thus, is the challenge:
I challenge you to stop doing things for a while to take a break, and start thinking.
Think of this gigantic opportunity we all have, to grow smarter together. Some dude made thousands of dollars cooking a potato salad on kickstater a couple of weeks ago, imagine the same effort and resources put into our collective betterment!
I challenge you to stop doing just for a little while and think: What can you teach yourself? What is your own wish? What can you teach me? What can you teach us? What is your wish for all of us?
If you're still feeling skeptical, just know that right now, video gamers are solving molecular biology problems through games, and we are 3D printing prosthetic limbs. It's happening already, and you are a part of it - as soon as you start thinking, things will start changing.
Post your thoughts on Facebook, tag your friends, tag me, amaze us, amaze me because I KNOW you are amazing!
I'm expecting you. Happy thinking, teacher!
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