On Quora: What concepts are the new (digital) wonders of the world?

http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-new-seven-digital-wonders-of-the-world

by andreasklinger • 15 years ago

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jparicka2• 15 years ago

I totally hate seeing Quora questions on ycombinator..

jparicka2• 15 years ago

Especially after seeing them featured EVERY DAY on the TechCRUNCH. Sick.

andreasklinger• 15 years ago

I completely agree. The reason why i put it there instead of HN only is because i hope to reach a broader audience by that.

buster• 15 years ago

  - The internet
  - E-Mail
  - Wikipedia

edanm• 15 years ago

Wikipedia, absolutely (that's also what I answered over there).

I think Wikipedia is often forgotten in discussions about the truly revolutionary companies of the last decade. Probably because they're non profit. But Wikipedia is one of the pinnacle examples of how the combination of technology and entrepreneurship can change the world.

ctdonath• 15 years ago

The Internet - the ability to publish anything, worldwide, instantly.

Google - the ability to search the whole of human knowledge (ok, a close approximation thereof) before you even finish typing the query.

Cellular data - the ability to access the above from nearly anywhere anytime (as I find this thread and publish this response from an iPad while a passenger in a car moving 80MPH, and it's no big deal).

erikstarck• 15 years ago

The link.

This is so fundamental that it's easy to forget but the hyperlink is truly the most fundamental component of the net.

The beauty of the link is how it tells us that all knowledge is interconnected and that we all are part of the same whole.

adnam• 15 years ago

And lo, a religion was born.

jcsalterego• 15 years ago

The answers completely missed anything Minecraft.

On Quora: What concepts are the new (digital) wonders of the world?

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