The first 5,000 days of the web, and the next 5,000 days

There are a lot of perceptions and assumptions about what the internet is – or isn’t. All of us make them – drawing conclusions about our world, often in the absence of reliable current knowledge, is part of being human.

Personally I feel the need, from time to time, to get out of my own headspace – cast aside my preconceptions and judgements – and look as objectively as possible at what is really occurring around us.

I find TED talks a fantastic way to achieve this, and recommend the following talk by Kevin Kelly about the first 5,000 days of the web – and the next 5,000 days.

We’ve come so far, and there is so much further we can go.