Dana Daily

What began as a research effort in the 1990s revolutionized life around the globe. The internet has forever changed the way in which people communicate and collaborate. As Clay Shirky discusses in Here Comes Everybody , the internet has given people the power to organize without organizations. However, as revolutionary as the internet has been to life as we know it, this is just another example of a culture shift. Equally revolutionary to everyday life was the printing press. ·          Books were available to the masses. ·          Literacy and education became widespread. ·          Professions, namely that of the scribes, faded into history. The internet parallels the invention of the printing press in what it has done for everyday people in their everyday lives. ·          Information is readily available. ·   ...