The internet is an amazing tool. Perhaps the only example of the successful implementation of ordered chaos, the internet allows people of all ages, races, religions and regions to share information, experiences, passions, frustrations and opinions.
The world is getting smaller by the day – not physically of course, but the sharing of information and the advent of tools such as blogging (including microblogging) enables people from disparent locations to connect and share experiences instantaneously. We are on the advent of a new world, where people are able to draw apon the experiences of their fellow men and women and apply their experiences to their daily lives.
The power of the internet is the fact that it gives context. The evolution of humanity has leveraged on the power of collaboration between like-minded individuals working toward a common goal. The axioms of our society that we take for granted, such as structured economy and trade to policial technique has been developed through the collaboration and sharing of information. Geographical seperation has been a barrier to the sharing of this information, which is exemplified by the social customs usually contained to geographical regions.
A perfect example of the way that information sharing changes society can be seen in the way the Roman Empire infucenced the regions in which it was involved – despite significant delays in the sharing of communiation, the ability for one unified society to share, communicate and collaborate allowed rapid development of many policial and economic techniques – many of which we still adopt today.
The internet has all but eliminated these geographical and political barriers, allowing lay people to develop their own opinions and ideas, disparent from the media provided supplied by the society in which they reside – the internet provides context context for life.
At Chombo, we are honored and excited to be a part of, what we believe, will be the tool which revolutionizes both society and humanity.