The Internet: The Biggest Super Virus of All Time?
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65 Million Years ago the world’s dominant species - the Dinosaur - became extinct. There is no real knowing why they disappeared ‘overnight’, but disappear they did. The popular theory was a planet killer asteroid - an impact hit so great it literally knocked the life out of the Earth. Another theory was a super virus did the deed. Maybe it was both?
Today, modern dinosaurs face the same possible fate, but this time there is a new name for the agent of our possible demise - the Internet. In addition, unless we embrace this evolutionary leap, we too face extinction without question, without quarter.
Nevertheless, this is not news this is already history. The Internet has already made an impact so great that its shockwaves are still rolling around the world, and there appears to be no sign of stopping the wave of change. And like the dinosaur “asteroid + virus” theory, there are shocking similarities…
Once thought an oddity, the purview of the nerds, the Internet hit with a profound impact and has now infected most business functions, and it has even become an integral part of the social fabric. No longer containable in a single vertical or department, the Internet is multi-dimensional and “crossing species.”
Today the Internet is a technology, a promise, an idea, a conversation, a friend, a new way of life and no longer avoidable. The Internet has infected everything we do, and there is no vaccine. Worse still, the Internet is highly addictive and we don’t want to be cured, in fact there are legions of people who don’t think there’s a problem.
What a perfect predicament! A meme super virus that not only hides in plain sight, but a virus that isn’t even acknowledged by many. Lucifer would be proud…
History has left us clues how to behave at times like this. The Roman Empire allegedly fell for lack of a stirrup, and millions died during the dark ages for want of an antiseptic wipe or two.
What will history say of how we handled the biggest super virus of all time - the Internet?
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