Change is inevitable in life due to constant innovations. This is probably why so many people nowadays obsessively take pictures of everything. Whenever someone sees something worth taking a picture of, they instantly look for a camera in an effort to preserve the moment.

Admittedly, some things in the past are not worth remembering. A number of devices and some fashion styles came and went because these are simply not worthy of anyone’s time. Although forgetting maybe appropriate in these instances, other cases must be re-examined carefully. Historical events and places are certainly worth revisiting to remind us of its lesson.

Many of us would claim that they do not have the time to review a certain history; this is why history books continue to gather dusts in bookshelves. However, not all is yet lost because history is everywhere.

Architecture speaks of history, when a person sees pyramids, they may automatically think of the rise and fall of Egypt.

If one thinks about it carefully, even a historical event can be a possible reminder of another historical moment. Take for example the rise in houses for sale in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the oil boom. This could serve as a reminder of the sudden rise of Native American settlements after The Trail of Tears. Both these events saw a sudden rise in the number of people living in that particular area. At the same time it also reminds us of a darker period in history.

The infamous Trail of Tears brought about deaths to thousands of Native Americans.

If moving nowadays is hard, imagine what it was like a hundred years ago. The natives back then had no houses in Tulsa they would automatically call their home when they traveled. Their migration caused them many sufferings because of the conditions that the colonizers forced upon them.

For one, the move was sudden. In the wake of the forced move, looters also became another problem as they ransacked the natives’ settlements. The timing of the move also took place in winter thus causing more hardship. Hunting for food was almost impossible during this season and hunger became inevitable. Whenever you get a chance to visit a foreign place, ask yourself of its history. Sometimes even something as simple as houses in Tulsa or a wall in Tuscany could yield many lessons.

“History of the internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The clip was made by Melih Bilgil — www.lonja.de The history is told using the PICOL icons, which are available on picol.org. You can get news about this project on blog.picol.org . Voice-over by Steve Taylor http You can get more information on this movie on my website www.lonja.de or on the PICOL-Project site where you can download a pre-release of the icons. blog.picol.org If you are interested in more Internet history you can also read/watch: – ISOC: History of the internet: www.isoc.org – en.wikipedia.org – Geschichte des Internet (german & link to Amazon): tinyurl.com – Computer Networks: The Heralds Of Resource Sharing tinyurl.com Credits for subtitles: (The correctness of the subtiles depends on the people listed down here) English: Stefan Badragan | youtube.com/StevXtreme Italian: Stefan Badragan German: me Turkish: Zeynep Can French: Arnaud ‘dehy’ DE MOUHY Bulgarian: Andrian Georgiev Chinese: Terry Lee Portuguese (Brazilian): Guilherme Euler Spanish: Mauricio Diaz Orlich Polish: Agnieszka Marciniak Greek: Pantelis Bouboulis Swedish: Paul Lindström Also thanks to: Frederico Goncalves Guimaraes
Video Rating: 4 / 5