WEB 2.0

WEB 2.0
I found the article "Times Person of the Year" by Lev Grossman in regards to the way Web 2.0-which is the world's new wide web enabling social interaction among people all over the globe- very interesting. It made me think about how Web 2.0 has indeed had an enormous impact in our daily lives. Through the use of many different and well known web sites as: facebook, youtube, and myspace, the continuation of the world's globalization or (as it is called by many economists) the " flattening" of a world-in which the exchange of information among individuals, companies, coorporations, countires etc-has come to become very simple.The article I read, "Will the Web 2.0 bubble burst?" by Jim Rapoza talks about the classic cycles of pure technology progressing into pure marketting. According to the author, "bubble bursting" is a positive thing because it is then when technology advances and starts doing its intended job. Technology has advanced so much in the last years and will continue doing so; it constantly brings new changes upon society as well as to the ways of living our lives and relating to one another. It is hard to imagine that a more innovative technology will "burst" in the future; however, its rapid developement proves it to be correct.