we are the web

very interesting article about the internet past,present and future.....
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech.html?pg=1&topic=tech&topic_set=

" There is only one time in the history of each planet when its inhabitants first wire up its innumerable parts to make one large Machine. Later that Machine may run faster, but there is only one time when it is born.

You and I are alive at this moment. "