Facebook, Life 3.0

In the book The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick, he rounds out his story about facebook on what it has planned to do eventually. It seems that maybe taking over the world is not too far off. As Facebook opened up its usage to everyone (including the overseas) it seemed that Mark Zuckerberg was really imagining his concept of having an "open" world where transparency really does have meaning. Maybe it will gather momentum eventually but it will take time to have a complete world wide community that is able to divulge openly with everyone involved. The fact of the matter is, as Facebook has grown exponentially it has opened the world up a bit more yet has shown the ugly sides a bit more closely. Culture between sects of people will always lead to division. The world as the cliche denounces, is growing smaller as we speak. There are obstacles from making it more domestic to everyone involved. Culture tends to keep people seperated to an extent, and it would seem as much even as Facebook tries to keep our doors open. What I see is that as much as Zuckerberg wants transparency in the world, to have people take a moral high ground by having one profile that truly shows what each person is truly about can never happen completely. Facebook may be a game changer but it won't be able to change the worlds perceptions completely. Facebook's tale is an interesting one. It tells the story of a kid with his own spin on a concept and held onto it. His company has grown successful and he certainly made it. As things go on we will definitely see how much of an impact Facebook will have on the world. If people like Oscar Morales are frequent then maybe Facebook will have a definite positive influence on the worlds populations. Maybe it can be more then just a place to how many "friends" you have or a place to find someone to hook up with.