- Henry David Thoreau.
Education is about love. Loving what you learn.
I am confident that the future will NOT be had by the big guy. It will be the little guy. Internet is far too underutilized in society. Sadly, there are few things we use it for.
Facebook, Entertainment, Shopping and Pornography are the extent that the general public uses the internet. It makes me cringe.
Even one of the more utilized educational sites, Wikipedia, is only utilized for quick fixes. Our society believes in quick fixes. Coffee, 5 hour energy, 20 minute episodes of a sitcom that will not only NOT make you a better person, but will probably make you worse.
Like I've said. The internet is far too underutilized. When will we step up and start using Google+, LinkedIn and Skype to improve our world.
I imagine myself at 20 something getting online with a group of other 20 something year olds and writing a essay, soon to be published to Scribd and shared on LinkedIn and Google+. 10 days later, it will be the talk of the internet.
Remember Peter and Valentine? Demosthenes and Locke? How they took on the inter-web and changed the world stage of political debate? At 14 years old? Yeah. I do. And I believe that will become common place.I was laughed at by a couple of men when I suggested that the guy with the best idea were promoted over those with the most time in or best BS'ing skills. They chuckled and said "Thats just the way the world works." My heart SUNK!
How in the world could they just say that? These uber-successful men were laughing at an idea they probably know is needed. Do they not understand that they can change the world?
STORY TIME!
Lets say I become a pharmaceutical expert. I want to sell a drug to… Walmart. So how do I do that? Big corporations make it intentionally hard for you to contact someone high up the chain. Why? Because most littles would probably become pesky to the bigs. Its the way it is.
So I spend thousands of dollars trying to promote my drug with no success. The drug is fine. My end of the product is perfect. Its simply connecting with the distributor that has stopped me.
Sad day for Mr. Me.
Lets go back a bit. I create a drug and want to sell it to Walmart. I hop on LinkedIn and type in "Walmart Pharmaceutical" I get 4 search returns. I find out that my friend Tim's brother in law worked as the chief distribution manager at Walmart. I shoot him an email, offering to pay him if he will get me in touch with the right people. A thousand bucks later my drug is on shelves and selling thousands.
Back to the real world. I just used a website to solve a 21st century problem in no time at all. And saved thousands doing it.
Soon I get in contact with a guy who has a small 12 person save the environment group that meets in San Fran every Thursday night. I can't really drive there thursday… No need! We will set up a google hangout. Soon, I have 30 people attending this meeting. One guy is a web designer. He sets up a crowd funding account for me for free. (Charity baby.) and I soon have 10,000 dollars from people all over the U.S.
I invite them all to a Google Hangout and 3 months after this idea to plant bamboo trees in the city, 1,000 people attend my launch party and we start planting.
I haven't met a one of them but I have a thousand new friends and 10,000 bucks to start planting bamboo trees with.
That is how the world will work ladies and gentlemen. The internet is the way to our dreams. It will unlock our imaginations and connect us in ways we never thought possible 10 years ago. Lets start using it for more than our drama and soap operas! Lets start changing the world. And don't you ever, EVER say that "Thats just the way the world works." You can change the world.
You are the master of your fate. You are the captain of your soul.
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