In our lifetime we have seen some physical barriers come down between countries. We have seen government ruled by the elite become a government ruled by elected officials voted into office by citizens. Through the use of the Internet, people from all over the world can share ideas and information. A couple of years ago a young woman from Taiwan had some symptoms that were causing her to become increasingly debilitated and her doctors were struggling to make a diagnosis. After a call for help on the Internet, a rare disease was diagnosed and a slow but steady recovery ensured.
Weather is one of the most tracked things done by people all over the world.
University research of all kinds has benefited from shared ideas being transmitted over the Internet by experts from all over the world. Expensive telephone calls and transportation costs have not caused great ideas from being researched, analyzed and becoming realities. And let's not forget the fun had by many people, coming from a tiny microchip in a hockey puck. With the microchip sending messages to a computer, a hockey puck can leave a red trail visible on TV screens for a world of people to watch in the fast moving game of ice hockey. Computers, telecommunications and microchips benefit a world of people.