So, now that I am on the blogosphere, I am entitled to have interesting opinions. Hoho, I can feel my mind filling to the brim with thoughts controversial, entertaining, challenging, enlightening, and inspirational.
Except it's not. I hear people say a lot that we live in the "information age." I respectfully disagree; we live in an "anecdote age." We have grasped the size of the internet, but not its scope. Look at Twitter: Every tweet ever made is about to go into the Library of Congress, the logic being that these billions of tweets can be used to track social changes. I think this is brilliant; it's like validation. However, a lot of people just continue to tweet about what they're going to do today or the latest celebrity mishap. Type something in on Google and look at the pull-down menu. How many of those suggestions have to do with anything beyond the "Lady Gaga" pettiness level?
Now I'm not out to criticize society, but I'm saying that we're still in the transitional stage between the age of the past and the true "Information age." I mean, quite a few people have no idea how to even operate a computer. I like to think that the bloggers and the internet music artists are pioneers into this new age. This is a time of exploration and discovery, where we can see just how great of an effect typing words into a box can have. That's part of the reason why I created this blog: to explore the future. To experiment. To take a look into the future.
Of course, I romanticize (I like to think of myself as a "hopeful romantic"), but the day will come when all this becomes commonplace, and it may well already be here, but never forget the wonder you first felt when you realized "You mean I can have my OWN BLOG?"
