rodan
14-07-2014, 01:55 PM
It is said we live in the Information Age, and, I agree, to some extent.
Thanks to the world wide web, the internet, we, as individuals, have access to any and all information that can be put into digital format.
News, articles, books, pictures, videos, music, etc...... fiction and non-fiction, it can probably be found on the internet.
Sometimes I think some spiritual or alien force had something to do with providing the web. We, as humans, now have a form of collective consciousness, we can all share information with each other, and, within a few seconds.
Many have thought of a way to profit, immensely, Bill Gates on the top, and, there definitely has been quite of few other self made millionaires, creating software and providing the means to share information with the rest of the world.
But, where does providing a service turn from making a profit to greed? As the character in the movie " Wall Street ", Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, said"
" Greed is good ". Is it? When is it not? Or, is it never NOT? Is it always good?
I compare what has been going on with the world wide web to the invention of electricity, and, how it has become a practical, if not a necessity means for our way of life. Not many cultures living without it. Majority are dependent upon it, for their livelihood.
When it was invented, it started with direct current, by Thomas Edison. Then, Nicola Tesla, came into the picture, with his alternating current form of electricity. This is the form that took hold and powers much of the modern world.
Mr. Tesla didn't stop there. He went from inventing very efficient alternating current, to another form of energy, he really had a hard time putting a name to. He called it radiant energy.
He was even backed by J.P. Morgan, probably one of the richest men in the world at the time. to pursue this new form of energy. Morgan knew Tesla had something there, however, when Morgan thought that maybe there would be no way to meter this new form of energy, that anyone could put up an antenna on their property, and could get this energy from the source, probably for free, he pulled out. Left Tesla on his own.
Tesla, with no money to back his project, was stopped in his tracks. Tesla had a dream of providing energy to the whole world, much like we breath free air. Available to everyone. He feared if this form of energy were not provided, we would pollute the earth with other inferior forms of energy. That is exactly what is happening, has been since the 70's.
Tesla didn't care about the money. His objective was to harness the power of the Universe, and provide to the world, pollution free, cheap, and efficiently, to the world.
Now, how is this a metaphysical subject, you may ask?
Thomas Edison, J. P. Morgan, Nicola Tesla, and there were others, received their dreams or enhanced their talent, from invisible sources.
Tesla was said to receive visions, dreams, on what to develop. He even said in a news interview, he received some kind of signal from outer space, he thought maybe from Mars. The newspapers made fun of him, on that subject.
Could it be, the world wide web, was inspired by someone, who received the idea from some metaphysical, alien, or spiritual force? ( and, don't say Al Gore ), and, if we are not careful, will " pollute " the earth, with it, if not used and made available, properly?
Thanks to the world wide web, the internet, we, as individuals, have access to any and all information that can be put into digital format.
News, articles, books, pictures, videos, music, etc...... fiction and non-fiction, it can probably be found on the internet.
Sometimes I think some spiritual or alien force had something to do with providing the web. We, as humans, now have a form of collective consciousness, we can all share information with each other, and, within a few seconds.
Many have thought of a way to profit, immensely, Bill Gates on the top, and, there definitely has been quite of few other self made millionaires, creating software and providing the means to share information with the rest of the world.
But, where does providing a service turn from making a profit to greed? As the character in the movie " Wall Street ", Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, said"
" Greed is good ". Is it? When is it not? Or, is it never NOT? Is it always good?
I compare what has been going on with the world wide web to the invention of electricity, and, how it has become a practical, if not a necessity means for our way of life. Not many cultures living without it. Majority are dependent upon it, for their livelihood.
When it was invented, it started with direct current, by Thomas Edison. Then, Nicola Tesla, came into the picture, with his alternating current form of electricity. This is the form that took hold and powers much of the modern world.
Mr. Tesla didn't stop there. He went from inventing very efficient alternating current, to another form of energy, he really had a hard time putting a name to. He called it radiant energy.
He was even backed by J.P. Morgan, probably one of the richest men in the world at the time. to pursue this new form of energy. Morgan knew Tesla had something there, however, when Morgan thought that maybe there would be no way to meter this new form of energy, that anyone could put up an antenna on their property, and could get this energy from the source, probably for free, he pulled out. Left Tesla on his own.
Tesla, with no money to back his project, was stopped in his tracks. Tesla had a dream of providing energy to the whole world, much like we breath free air. Available to everyone. He feared if this form of energy were not provided, we would pollute the earth with other inferior forms of energy. That is exactly what is happening, has been since the 70's.
Tesla didn't care about the money. His objective was to harness the power of the Universe, and provide to the world, pollution free, cheap, and efficiently, to the world.
Now, how is this a metaphysical subject, you may ask?
Thomas Edison, J. P. Morgan, Nicola Tesla, and there were others, received their dreams or enhanced their talent, from invisible sources.
Tesla was said to receive visions, dreams, on what to develop. He even said in a news interview, he received some kind of signal from outer space, he thought maybe from Mars. The newspapers made fun of him, on that subject.
Could it be, the world wide web, was inspired by someone, who received the idea from some metaphysical, alien, or spiritual force? ( and, don't say Al Gore ), and, if we are not careful, will " pollute " the earth, with it, if not used and made available, properly?