Also a way of making the absurd, extraordinary! We're ALL a part of it, in our own special way! Thanks, for the enlightenment! Sharon
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Excerpts from _TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- Person of the Year: > You_ (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1569514,00.html) > > > Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 > > Person of the Year: You > > It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. > It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the > million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about > the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and > how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world > changes. > The tool that makes this possible is the World Wide Webâ¦. > > It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of peop > le and making them matterâ¦. > > Who are these people? Seriously, who actually sits down after a long day at > work and says, I'm not going to watch Lost tonight. I'm going to turn on my > computer and make a movie starring my pet iguana? I'm going to mash up 50 > Cent's vocals with Queen's instrumentals? I'm going to blog about my state of mind > or the state of the nation or the steak-frites at the new bistro down the > street? Who has that time and that energy and that passion?â¦. > > The answer is, you do. And for seizing the reins of the global media, for > founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and > beating the pros at their own game, TIME's Person of the Year for 2006 is youâ¦. > > Sure, it's a mistake to romanticize all this any more than is strictly > necessary. Web 2.0 harnesses the stupidity of crowds as well as its wisdom. Some > of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for > the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred. > > But that's what makes all this interesting. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
