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ONLINE? human. It should no longer do. Change
Resisting change was part of being
Yes, I want to! happens and always will. It is unwise to resist
it because it is the consequence of a
It is estimated that the world population is collective intelligence, the sum of small
around 7,875 million inhabitants. Of these, individual actions and not the will of this or
5,168 million inhabitants currently have that person.
access to the Internet. That's 66%!
Today we hear about concepts like
I remember having made the first internet
connection via modem, that “prehistoric” cryptocurrencies, virtual reality, encryption,
equipment with its characteristic sounds and artificial intelligence, automation, cloud
very little rush to connect us to the network. It computing or cybersecurity and we wonder
was in 1987, 34 years ago, and at that time how we got here in just 30 years. The truth is
there weren't the same amount of people with that it has arrived, and all as a result of the
internet access in the whole world and, of internet and the connection it made possible
course, neither in Portugal. between people on a planetary scale that
The world wide web was tiny and at a certain imprinted this surprising speed of digital
point, the daily dilemma became: “What else is evolution. And it will not go backwards!
there to visit?”. Neither the number of pages
nor the frequency of updates was at the current Faced with this world of information in
scale. Today, I have computers connected to which paradigms have changed, it is urgent
the internet 24 hours a day processing to stay informed and it is on our side to
information and everything happens at such a understand what the new technologies are.
speed that I need programs and plans to “try” W e d o n ' t h a v e t o b e e x p e r t s i n
to keep up with the information produced. Try… cryptocurrencies, but we have to understand
This evolution caused a significant change what they are; it's no use saying that these are
in our way of life, especially for those who still themes for other people, because they are
studied reading (physical) books and writing part of our reality.
on sheets of paper. The change has been such
that a person over 50 years of age who has not However, whenever there is an
followed the process step by step easily feels opportunity for training, collaboration
outdated, and willing to ignore so much
innovation; the paradigm shift is brutal! or work that can be implemented
online, my answer is YES, I WANT TO!
Although it is said that “resisting
change is part of being human”, I think Horácio Lopes
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