There are Mums, Dads, soldiers, doctors, nurses, firemen, base jumpers, astronauts, old people, young people, builders, boxers, cops and at least one tank (don’t ask). And what are they all doing? Sorry, what are we all doing? We are sharing links to thought-provoking articles, we are making each other laugh, we are keeping each other up to speed on current events…we are communicating with each other on a platform that encourages good manners, that rewards us when we’re interesting and lightly smacks our hand when we’re not. For the first time in history, the human race is having a global conversation, and despite all our differences, we actually seem to be getting on quite well.
Not that the Sunday Times would ever dare to find value in humanity…
I’m not sure I’d agree that it is a totally global conversation, not yet any way. Aside from the barriers that exist due to certain non-Democratic regimes around the world, I think there are still issues of language that exist between the vast majority of the world. At such a point where someone develops a “universal translator” that can make all web content accessible to every user in their native language, then I think we’ll have a truly global conversation.
Twiiter got me into the Sunday Times this week……which was amusing to say the least and with a cartoon too……heh!
One would have to mention the odd few people who can’t afford enough to eat let alone a Macbook. 🙁
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There’s also the generation over 70, many of whom don’t go anywhere near social media, internet, texting etc. I know there are a lot who do, but the world seems to be becoming even more complicated and “automatic” for those who don’t. My Mum (age 77) is frequently frustrated by the lack of real people to talk to in dealing with banks etc, etc.
@Dave: or something like this from within twitter’s own world:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/if-twitter-was-100-people/