Freedom is the best meme of all time.
The open and free foundation of the internet has enabled information to spread far and wide across the earth. People everywhere now enjoy more freedom online than in the real world.
How is it ‘more free’ than the real world? Because the internet has the power to blanket the planet with the sum of all the knowledge and diverse entertainment the human race has ever created.
Countless internet services have sprung up to serve every delicious slice of information in the most beautiful and easy to use apple pie imaginable.
Google’s motto is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. “
In my opinion Google has effectively accomplished this task already, although it can be perpetually improved.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter are some of the few giants that stand out, but there is also a thriving sea full of long-tail web sites that we use every day. The difference between this and major shifts in the past such as the printing press, is that this trend is exponential.
