I'm sitting in the undergrad library, where I should probably be studying for the exam I have in 34 hours. But I looked up for a second and around the library I saw no less than hundreds of my cohorts on their laptops. And then I started thinking. Right now, I could sign onto Facebook and write a message on my kindergarten boyfriend's wall, or get an IM from someone in Oman. I could text someone who's at the bar a few blocks down the street or call my parents two hours away.
I could go read the blog of someone in Australia or Ohio or Madison or Colombia and write them a comment, or sign into Gmail and chat with someone in California or New York or Morocco or even the person sitting 5 feet away from me in this computer lab. I could Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, MSN, or Gmail hello to someone half a world away in about 3 seconds and get a response just as fast.
I sat in a study group today with 6 people, all of us huddled around our laptops, and the notes my friend was typing across the room for me were uploading real time on my computer. I spoke at a workshop the other day and answered someone's question afterwards, and within minutes of getting back to my apartment she had already Facebooked me. Right now I am going to hit publish post and there are going to be people in God knows how many countries reading my mindless, awe-inspired blathering.
They say technology is revolutionizing the way we communicate, and it is, everyday, making the world more and more interconnected to the point where we are connected to people around the globe the second we pop open our Macbooks. But technology coupled with AIESEC...is kind of blowing my mind right now.
I could go read the blog of someone in Australia or Ohio or Madison or Colombia and write them a comment, or sign into Gmail and chat with someone in California or New York or Morocco or even the person sitting 5 feet away from me in this computer lab. I could Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, MSN, or Gmail hello to someone half a world away in about 3 seconds and get a response just as fast.
I sat in a study group today with 6 people, all of us huddled around our laptops, and the notes my friend was typing across the room for me were uploading real time on my computer. I spoke at a workshop the other day and answered someone's question afterwards, and within minutes of getting back to my apartment she had already Facebooked me. Right now I am going to hit publish post and there are going to be people in God knows how many countries reading my mindless, awe-inspired blathering.
They say technology is revolutionizing the way we communicate, and it is, everyday, making the world more and more interconnected to the point where we are connected to people around the globe the second we pop open our Macbooks. But technology coupled with AIESEC...is kind of blowing my mind right now.
even though the world seems to be becoming more and more interconnected, it is only a very priviliged small percentage that can take part in this. 6.7billion people in the world, how many of them even know what a computer or a cell phone is?
True. I think one thing that always concerns me about @, no matter how much I love it, is that there are so many people who could benefit from what AIESEC offers but will never gain access to it since our membership is limited only to people who have reached a certain level of achievement in society. I guess the question always is how we can manage to extend our impact to reach as many of those people as we can as well...
checking in from colombia. to prove your point and say that i miss you lots!