The document discusses how the internet allows for deeper connections and conversations with more people compared to traditional in-person meetings. It notes that through the internet, people from around the world can exchange ideas to support learning. While the author aims to meet people in their community over coffee, these meetings often only occur once without building trust or collaboration. The author feels more connected to those met online, including people who don't live in their area, and wants to keep both online and local connections.

1. When we think of pebbles
on the beach, or stars in the
universe,
we're talking about
numbers that are almost
impossible to comprehend.
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2. When we think of the coffee
house as a meeting place,
there's just no way that any
of us can meet with more
than a tiny fraction of
people, if that's our only
form of contact.
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3. Through the Internet, other
people from our
neighborhood, or the other
side of the world, can visit
and harvest ideas to
support their own learning,
thinking and innovation.
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4. Through the Internet, we can
have deeper conversations
with more people.
We can create gardens of
ideas, using our blogs and
web libraries.
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5. While I constantly say to
people I meet in Chicago,
“Let's do coffee and get to
know each other....
..that does not happen
nearly as often as I'd like.
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6. Many of my “cup-of-coffee”
meetings are “one-cup-
stands”...
...one time meetings that don't
repeat often enough to build
trust, understanding or
collaboration.
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7. I am more connected to
people who don't live in
Chicago, who I've met on-
line, than to those who do
live in this area.
I want to keep the one, and
grow the other.
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