In this blog, Matthew T. Grant states that the world wide web is Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit in its true essence. Hegel's whole philosophy was about recognizing others around us and them recognizing us, and in turn it would allow us to realize that we are existent and are separate entities from one another. Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Blogger and many other websites is our self-consciousness and consciousness being realized because we each recognize the thoughts and actions of one another, because we post them up for everyone to see. The social networks mentioned above are what their name states "social networks" we are all able to communicate and realize our own existence through the realization of another that we are present. It's sort of hard notion to grasp and the more I learn about it the easier it is for me to understand what Hegel meant by it.
One of the most interesting parts of the blog was the idea that the Web doesn't file what we search everyday on Google or Bing, but actually files "what we do." It shows to others what we are thinking, what we are doing, and what we are feeling. It's kind of weird that we are able to show so much of ourselves through the screen of a computer, but shockingly we do so.
Source: http://www.matthewtgrant.com/2010/06/09/the-web-of-intentions/
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