2. The Internet
• Today 2 billion people are online
• In todays world the world wide web is
considered the “ smartest brain in the world”
• The internet “blows open access to
knowledge”
• The web empowers people
• Seen as a organized rebellion
3. The Creation
• The internet was created as a rebellion by the
so called “ social misfits” of the world.
• Tim Bernes was the creator of the internet.
• In the early years the web was used for
creating wealth and challenging authority.
• The first organized online community was
called The Well
– Equivalent to the Facebook, Twitter of today
4. Wikipedia
• Webs largest online encyclopedia
• 65 million users a month
• Allows users to edit and create what is written
• “Convience”- people argue that it is not valid
and the people can make the information up
