The Power of Searching the Internet and People

After watching the documentaries I feel more inspired about what we as people are capable of, and what the Internet holds in store for us. There is an immense untapped power that the Internet provides, allowing unlimited communication, knowledge and imagination.

It isn’t surprising that the simplicity of Google was a blinding shock at first, followed by thorough searches and creative advertising. Since there was no business plan for Google, the future of the company was free to do as they please, and because of that it has thrived. I was surprised to learn that Excite turned down the opportunity to purchase Google, and the CEO and founder of Excite is quite humble in realizing his mistake. The humility, to me, was most surprising because we do not see that in high-tech or Internet-based industries often.

It is always a shock to me when I’m reminded of the infancy in which the Internet started, and realize that it has reached it’s adolescent years. I think this is what defines “web 2.0.” Of course communication drives us, but the companies and websites that provide us with the means of communication are just as young. I think that because the Internet is currently a “people’s Internet” we see rebellion in Napster and Facebook–this desire to do things differently and be okay with the fallout, because at least we tried.

With the resurgence of blogging and personal websites, we are defining and writing our own Internet, changing what we already know and pushing the limits of what we don’t. It is with this power of communication that I believe we are forging the way and changing what we define as a relationship, and can expand what we know as a whole.