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The internet has been criticized as killing person to person contact and making people out of touch with the world. However the internet is also an amazing way to connect people in different ways. Stories don’t stop at the local neighborhood meet up, an article in the newspaper, a radio show or even on national TV. Big or small, a story can be read by nearly anyone, anywhere. In addition, art, knowledge and passion can all be passed through the wires of the world wide web. Although people of power and prestige still create much of the culture of our world, the internet has allowed each person to pass something onto a stranger or even a million strangers. This mass exposure, this unraveling of distance is commonly called the democratization of media and it has touched me so greatly that I wish to contribute as I am doing here at SGB. With this in mind, I want to feature a few of my favorite sources of inspiration, interest, and awe that I have found online. I hope to have a few separate posts, focusing on different aspects of online media with this one starting the series by touching on a few favorite online videos. Below you will find videos I have collected over the years from all over the internet. Each touches on different things, but taught me something new.

See the videos after the jump:

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