The advancement of science and technology has had a profound impact on human society. The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, famously remarked: “When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.” The heart of the challenge posed by the internet to
human society is in relation to its inherent ability to transcend all barriers and
boundaries—social, economic, cultural, political, and geographical. In this process,
it has created enormous opportunities for people to stretch their imaginations.