Did You Know?

In 2006 there were 2.7 billion searches every month, and now there are 31 billion searches every month. That is a 1200% increase! Now that may seem like a pretty big number, but not many people understand how many 1 billion is. One billion seconds ago it was 1960. One billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. One billion days ago there were no humans walking on two legs on the entire planet!

Technology is growing at a extensive rate. Now this is not a bad thing at all, but are we putting it to good use? If we can make a computer by 2013 that has the same capabilities as the human brain, and NTT Japan can make a fiber optic cable that can push 14 trillion bits per second then we for sure can put the money and technology towards something more useful. We need to start learning to learn how to use the technology and put it to better use. 

The biggest question is how do we use the technology to help problems in the world? Well, that's why I said earlier we need to learn to learn how to use the technology better. We are slowly beginning to understand some things and put them to better use. For example african farmers now have cell phones and use them to find the best prices for their crops. They will now have the money to make more and more crops. Another example is if one of your family members is sick, in one click of a button you can figure out what sickness their suffering from and how to cure it. 

If technology keeps growing at this insane rate, we will never catch up to it if we do not learn how to properly use it. This is my opinion on this 

video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY

Brendan