Power to Influence Society

It is interesting to think about how advances in technology have given everyone power.  Before the invention of the printing press, in order to spread one's own ideas though a book, it was next to impossible.  After the invention of the printing press it became much easier to spread one's own ideas.  However, an average person would not have the means nor the connections to publish a book that would be available throughout the nation, let alone across the globe.  The Internet has made it possible for anyone to express their own ideas and opinions and make them accessible to the world almost instantaneously.  Almost everyone takes this power that is now at their fingertips for granted.  No longer do people have the inability to influence people throughout the world.