Stumbled upon this inspiring article from buro angla:
In this world of webs, deceptions, and sickening credit-carded
entertainments, and where strangers walk the nights of the ether in
their wakeful solitude, it's rather strange that the act of sharing
survives. It's made up of one of the oldest and noble human sentiments
that made us humans, and it's still the only act that makes you feel
alive, at least on the net.
Sharing. An act of courage and
extreme gentleness that survives the hostility of governments, and
other rabid censors of free expression.
Imagine a world without
the silent uploader, her pirate eyes alight with the warmth of the
incandescent cathode ray screen, spending sleepless nights to share a
movie, an album, a book she knows you're sure to appreciate.
Imagine
a world without the patient seeders on the portals who seed and seed
for years, risking their systems to known armadas and unknown
hostilities, and planting new trees of hope in every island of a
recalcitrant computer connecting to this nether regions.
Or imagine a world without trees.
Yes,
trees and photosynthetic life forms and images that survive and blossom
inspite of a million leeches who've never bothered to put a decent
"thank you" comment on a post. They nod in silence, share light and
oxygen, lifting their branches and leaves up into the ultramarine sky
and breathe life everywhere, and right now, as you're reading this,
they weave life in all its varieties.
Listen carefully. Let me whisper it once more in your ears. "Sharing is caring."
What an inspiring article. :)



