Earth, Oracle and Facebook Fever

Long time ago, people were difficult to know the information in the other region. Beside that, they’re not easy to move from one place to other place, for the reason that the distance, transportation and communication tools were not properly yet. It means, world as a super big ball and people only live also know on the tiny area. They can’t move from one place to other place easily, in addition they can’t long distance communication as well.

But, Jayabaya, has a prediction called “Jangka Jayabaya”. Some of them said that “Bumi saya suwe saya mungkret” or in other word “the earth will shrink”. What does it mean? Or globe will get smaller? Our earth will reduce the size? Some people probably have presumed “yes, our earth will reduce”. What’s the fact? The number of population in our earth like the explosion of bomb, then the density of population becomes high. Next, probably our earth can’t be occupied by human being. Our globe will be seen smaller.

Kenichi Ohmae revealed about global village. In regard with “the earth will shrink”, how can create a global village? One of the important keys in the term of village is good communication, easy to communicate with other and easy to meet with other as well. Impossible, it can not be implemented in our earth. Perhaps, people thought it in the past, really impossible.

But, that presume has broken, while it need long processes. Radio created by Marconi, telephone created by Alexander Graham Bell, until the massive growth of computer technologies and internet connection in our world, the global village has taken off. People can communicate with other people in different countries using internet. They are also able to see the live events in other country, like sport events, news and other information, very fast and actual.

Beside that, people also can make a friendship with other people. There are some of famous social relationship network, such as Friendster, Facebook, etc. Many people join on there. But now, Facebook is very popular in the world. Isn’t it? They can meet others in Facebook, they can meet friends, new friends, native or foreigner people too.

Sometimes, they can meet or can be met by their friends in Facebook. Like myself, last week I added Sue Geldard Zrinski Eishauer. She said in my wall “Nice to make contact with you also. I was trying to figure out if I knew you but I don't think so. We are probably related in the Lord though”. Then, I said to her, “Hahaha, I think so that because of God we can meet. Facebook and Internet make everyone in the world can meet :-)”. She agreed with me about that.

Then, there are available some facilities or application which can express the user mood, hobbies and share some ideas/invitation etc. Every day, many people sign up and sign in on Facebook. Like a disease, Facebook fever has infectious people in around the world.

In other side, any people rejected to sign up or join in Facebook. Like Agung from Denpasar, he said that if join in Facebook or other social friendship network, many people very easy to find and meet him. Other people said that, it can consume lot money for internet bill.

Join or not join with Facebook or others, welcome to global village. Our earth will shrink because of the growth of information system and technologies.