Nobody knows where the Internet goes.
Constantly expanding; forever it grows.
Constantly expanding; forever it grows.
No body, but endless appendages.
And if the World Wide Web was compiled in my hand,
It would weigh as much as a single grain of sand.
That is every electron added in weight,
Five million terabytes , a number too great
To appreciate or comprehend the scope of the Internet.
The Internet has made thousands of millionaires,
And created more than two dozen billionaires.
Because an idea here is just so worth it.
So if you think of the next biggest thing, birth it.
And soon Facebook will be the world's largest nation,
A testament to global communication.
The speed of it all is unimaginable,
It is our great answer to fiction's ansible.
But that is the scope of the Internet.
This was a really interesting post Nish. I never would have thought to write a blog in the form of poem, but I'm glad you did because it adds to the message of the piece. You've managed to take the harsh and technological side of the internet and combine it with the softness of an even tempo and rhyme scheme. I really have to commend you here. This is an extremely creative and well thought out post.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem Nish!
ReplyDeleteOur generation is so special because we are one of the earlier generations that was exposed to the internet in full ways. I grew up playing Starcraft at age six on the Windows 98. Now, I play Starcraft 2 on the Windows 7. Unfortunately, my laptop has been uncooperative recently.
The Internet is so powerful, fun, and ubiquitous in our society. It will forever CHANGE how we live our lives. As much as Internet is so fun, it can be dangerous. All of the kids in our generation have their lives recorded on the Internet one way or another.
Can you imagine a presidential candidate in 40 years from now and someone finds an inappropriate snapchat of him when he was a rowdy high school teenager? How about a bad comment left on the Internet? We must be very careful with what kind of information we put on.
That said, the government needs to stop its monitoring activities. STOP TRACKING US.
(HOLA NSA)
Great post...
It is my wish that the Internet is forever free from government regulations and private corporations.