Connected

It’s 145 years since Alexander Graham Bell spoke his famous words via telephone: ‘Mr Watson, come here, I want you’. Since then, the world has grown more connected than Bell could ever have imagined. In a complex system, connectivity creates innovation; so-called emergent behaviour – capabilities and behaviours impossible for the individual parts. That’s why we need to work hard to close the digital divide, like gaps in mobile connections (72 vs 123 per 100 people in least developed vs developed countries) and internet access (1 in 5 vs 4 in 5 in least developed vs developed countries). Let’s connect.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 3. Buy on Lulu ↗