The creation of the INTERNET. Like the time when Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon; uttering the famous quote: "that's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind", the creation of the Internet has since transform the world into a bustling wealth of information that's constantly passed around with the click of your mouse. Huh... talk about having information at the tip of your fingers.
Firstly, a brief description of the Internet. Yes I know, we all know how to use the Internet ever since it was created, proof from the fact that the majority of our time now is spent serving the net!!! But do we really know how it first came about? With a bit of this knowledge, you'll probably grasp the momentousness of this single creation of mankind, and the part that it plays in our everyday lives. The Internet is basically composed of billions of networks; all interlinked by a broad array of networking technologies, both optical and electronic. And, that's it. I can bet that this is probably the briefest description anyone can conceive. Now just from that description sentence alone, I'm sure everybody can understand, why without the Internet, our lives would basically slow down and attempts in any advancement in any fields would basically slow to a sluggish stutter. E.G. MEDIEVAL TIMES!!!!!!!
Now why am I interested in the Internet? Let me give you an example, let's say you're an obsessive facebooker, youtuber, or twitterer. Then suddenly, one day, someone destroys your access to all these face sites of yours. Wouldn't you be extremely pissed? I know I would. Which brings me to the main topic of the day. China. Recently I read in the news that this uprising superpower has INCREASED its control over the Internet so that their people will not be influenced by "the impure minds of the world outside". But you're talking about a nation that has the largest population in the world! If they can't communicate on the Internet, they're definitely going to find some way to get to information and/or speak their minds! Yes, understandable, not all the content posted on the web are exactly ideal like pornography for example, so if China wants to crack down on that, then sure go ahead, by all means.
BUT, we're talking about forums, facebook, youtube and other informative sites! You ask why? Well I'll tell you the answer, it's because they want to protect the their own communist government, because what they're scared of is the essence of communication; the art of persuasion. Sure, China is doing much better than the States these days, and USA is a democratic with very little or no censorship. I'm not saying that communism is the way to go (that will be totally going off-topic) and that China doesn't need to follow the American way of doing things, because hey; they're an imperfect bunch as well. ALL I'm asking is that they just ease up a little and not be so wounded up in protecting their a**. It’s ALWAYS healthy to have a debate over everything in life, no matter how small or large. Its what keeps people going and its how ideas flourish.
But hey that's my opinion. What's yours?
