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During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.

In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.

And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before.

I spent my whole career in the technology business, and I was convinced of the importance, at a grand scale, of the development of global connectivity.

It's not going to be true that every country has the same technological possibilities, but there is no reason why it might not be more or less true. Broadly, that the idea that the same technologies should be available everywhere seems to me very plausible.

Through historical accident, we've ended up with a global network that pretty much allows anybody to communicate with anyone else at any time.

The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common.

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.