there are seven billion people on the planet, and that number is expected to reach nine billion or more. the possibility of communicating with so many people and with every corner of the globe means we have just started to really think as a human race. we have only just begun.
it was douglas adams who spread the idea of the human race as a thinking machine. he probably invented the idea as well. of course, he pointed out that this world does a much better job of creating questions than it does of creating answers, but it is still a remarkable concept.
human beings do not think by themselves. everything we 