Understanding how the Internet works, and how the "shape" of the world has changed because of it's introduction will be critical to how well society weathers the chaos caused by the world adjusting to it.

Previously, the average person knew of a small number of others, mostly those who lived in their immediate vicinity. Now we have, quite suddenly, been exposed to a vastly wider perspective of the world than ever before.

It's a terribly exciting time to be alive, and opportunity will never be as rich as it is right now.

But you actually have to meet it.