What is the Information Age?

A Short History Lesson

• In the beginning human society consisted of individuals, families and small groups. There was a high degree of self-sufficiency.
• Everyone had their own particular talents. Some were better at hunting, some at cultivating the land, others at making implements.....
• In time larger groups formed to benefit from specialization. Members could focus on what they did best, trading their output with others.
• Net result - more and better output for all.
• In time small, local groups joined to form larger, more organized groups - villages, tribes, nations...