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Social media is uniting the world in ways the web was developed for - but never imagined at the time.  Friendships aren’t neighbourhood or school dependent. I’ve got mates in Kuwait, Taiwan, Sweden, America. And these are folks I’ll never meet in person. 

We’re in election mode in Australia with a week to go until elections.  Yesterday Labor candidate Kevin Rudd announced an education policy providing free PCs to school children across the country.  This generation will tighten the gossamer threads of the web around the globe and further the irrelevance of national boundaries, replacing them with like pools of people linked by hobbies, interests, sport teams and friendships. 

At the end of “Charlotte’s Web” the spider babies hatch and float free on gossamer threads that catch the breeze.  The species’ continuation is ensured as children spread further and further from home.  New links are made. Old links are broken. 

Terrific!