From a historical perspective as early as 1800s we have always had some type of network effect. Then it started with the postal service, and soon after with the railroad system and telegraph which allowed for both speedy transportation and communication.
Over these last one hundred and sixty-plus years we have done nothing but increase and improve just how connected as a world we are to a network. I live about eighty miles from my parents, but with modern transportation I can be there in under two hours if I desired. I can communicate with them instantly using the cell phone resting in my pocket or send them a message via email that they would receive in a matter of seconds. Take my friends living in Florida for example, using free messaging software software and inexpensive cameras we can talk to each other face to face instantly.
In my own short twenty three years of life I have watched what was considered science fiction when I was a child become reality. I've heard people make the claim that our inventive process is stagnating. The technology that we carry with us on our day to day basis is reason enough to realize how untrue that statement is.
Cheers,
Eric Summers
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