Sunday, May 21, 2006
Information Revolution
The internet to the Information Revolution is the same as the train to the industrial revolution.
The Information revolution brought about a peice of technology that has been able to contribute so much to the globalisation of the world. The internet has put everything on public domain, free for all to use, view, and update.
If the Train helped man to conquer distance, the Internet has helped man to
eliminate distance.
The Information revolution may not focus on the advances in technology and other aspects, unlike the industrail revolution, but now, it focuses inwards to concpets and improvements that can be made other than the physical production of goods and services. however, this shift has also brought about better ways to do so through things such as video conferencing, ecommerce, forum work, file sharing, email, and other ways of assing information online in the fastest and most efficient speed.
Globalisation includes making things more accesible and centralise resources for the world. The internet has done just that, by providing a public domain for the world to use. people from every country are given access to the world's information. opinions and facts are posted online, and everyone can be affected by it. the globalisation of ideas and concepts are brought about when everyone shares their ideas online.
The infromation revolution has really been able to eliminate distance. the world has no boundaries on the internet. there is no physical demarkation of the public domain, afterall, it is public.
Globalisation is most obvious on the internet. it does not have boundaries, nor does it have biasness.
Article: Peter Drucker - The Next Information Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Much of the technology we use today, boomed in the 18th Century, the time of the Industrial Revolution.
The industrial revolution marked a new wave of technology and innovation to the world. The development of the steam engine played a big part in both indutrail factory work, as well as transportation over sea, like the steamboat, and over land, like the train. The Industrial Revolution helped man not only to mass produce to ship its products all over the world, but it also provided the means of this transport, the Train, to conquer distance.
Globalisation includes the eliminating of space and boundaries in the world. the train made access to member countries of europe a lot easier and a lot faster, and that made shipping faster too.
In the past, trade was done thorough merchant ships on water, and through cart and wagons on land. Trade was expensive and slow, as ships required high number and highly skilled manpower to maneuver the vessel through the trecherous seas. with the steamship brought in, it became easier and faster to transport goods.
The effect of man today, is that we are using products from all over the world that are still transported by the means of Sea. Much of our food and items come in everyday by ports which are then distributed to the country. Sea trade is still booming, and items are being mass produced and shipped all over the world.
The industrial revolution has given us the inventions to bring our items all over the world. by conquering distance, we no longer limit ourselves to the resources and inventions of our own country.
Jonathan - Technological Expert
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