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In the weekly #AgeOp chat on Twitter, GrowingBolder.com CEO Marc Middleton suggested we all blog about the following statement: The Internet is the greatest bridge ever built. Boy, is that an understatement! From banking to keeping in touch to finding directions, is there an area of your life that you don't use the Internet for these days? But the problem is that many people only use the Internet...

The #AgeOp think tank on Twitter asked its members to write a blog titled, The Internet is the Greatest Bridge Ever Built. This is my response.The printing press, invented by Guttenberg in 1445, brought the light and power of the written word to everyone in the world. But access to and distribution from the printing press was determined by power, politics, and money. The flow of information has...

"The Internet is the greatest bridge ever built. If only we will cross it."That's a statement my boss, Marc Middleton, lobbed out during an Age of Opportunity Chat on February 26, 2009. It was part of a broader discussion on the power of technology, especially as it pertains to the over-50 crowd. The Age of Opportunity is itself proof that the statement is true -- never before have the tools and...

People of the Interwebs, our experiment has worked! Despite the lethargy that we all bemoan; despite our divergent political views and inability to agree on even basic ideas, one thing is clear.We all care about making a difference.We proved it, with the challenge that I issued just a few weeks ago. Don't remember? Refresh your mind here.Basically, I wrote a blog as part of our Age of Opportunity...