Today is World Wide Web Day!<\/p>\n
Where would we be without the internet?\u00a0 While there are certainly downsides to all that connectivity – like finding how just how racist that one uncle really is – it’s hard to deny all the good that has come from the worldwide exchange of ideas we have all come to take for granted.<\/p>\n
The internet as we know it was invented in 1989 in Switzerland by a British scientist Tim Berners-Lee (insert your own Al Gore joke here).\u00a0 He realized that being able to share knowledge quickly with researchers all over the globe was crucial to the advancement of science and exploration.\u00a0 Internet usage by private folks took off the mid 90’s and the rest is history.<\/p>\n
I’m sure Tim had no idea how much his idea would change the world.\u00a0 Of course, he also had no idea how much time folks would spend on cat memes, videos of guys getting hit the crotch with everything imaginable, or spam emails.\u00a0 So I guess you could say it’s been a mixed bag.\u00a0 But one we couldn’t live without nevertheless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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