Built on top of the brick and mortar society we call civilization, the Internet is its own unique world that grants a global perspective to our lives. To access the Internet is to be given global citizenship – the ability to collaborate, learn, empathize, and participate with anyone.
As much a place as any country and as much a community as any village, the Internet is its own digital civilization that allows for camaraderie to emerge across borders, nationalities, genders, and belief systems. Considered by the United Nations as “one of the most powerful instruments of the 21st century ... for facilitating active citizen participation in building democratic societies,” the Internet is where the collective decision making process that shapes our physical world takes place.
