Between the Romans and the Renaissance the world of "information" belonged to the Church, Feudal system, or the Monarchy.

Then came the Renaissance which included the most important invention until the turn of the 20th century... the printing press.

The only problem is that most people could not read!

But they learned how to and now we would be lost without books.

Then came Radio followed by TV and now we have the Internet. The thing is that most people now, much like the people who could not read, have got to learn to use the internet in the way that it is evolving, i.e giving to it.

We are the internet, without us putting the information there all we have is a bunch of wires and some hardware.

There was a study done by Nokia:- What items do you have on your person at any one time?

The answer was quite predictable, Keys, Money and phone. It's the latter that is the most poignant.

Within 20 years of the mobile phone being part of culture we all can't do without them and yet the internet is only 10 ish years old. I think it is safe to say that within the next 10 years the internet will be part of our daily routine, by default.

Due to web 2.0 the internet is growing in capacity at a vast rate. Every half a second there is the entire Library of Congress being fired around "the cloud" and it is doubling in power every 2 years, by 2040 it will have the same processing power as the human brain!

We, as a global nation, have the power and the means to add to that... and thats web 2.0.

Don't lag behind.

I urge you to watch this video.