An Unreal Connection

After watching the ethnography, An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube, by Michael Weschin a professor of anthropology at Kansas State University in class today, I both shocked and awed by the seemingly incomprehensible power of the internet. Sometimes I sit thinking about the computer and the way it connects the rest of humanity through various means of the internet and it scares me. My brain can't understand those types of numbers, over "68,555 views" might as well be a scribble on the side of the video.

I really enjoyed listening to Dr. Weschin's philosophy though, the world is so small. We can use the internet to do amazing things in terms of creating communities. I think it's interesting the types of online communities that are available. I can only hope to tap into some of the educational communities available online, I'm sure there are many. I think the hardest part is wading through all the information to find something that's really useful and relevant. There's an almost infinite amount of information available online through the internet and it seems loosely organized. But then, how can you organize that sort of mass? The internet is definitely an integral part of my daily life both professional and personal. I can only imagine the way it will progress the technology becomes even more sophisticated.