Social media technologies have touched humanity in a primal way. You only need look at the adoption rates of Facebook and Twitter to realize that the web is indeed connecting human consciousness. At almost no cost we can connect with like minded tribes globally at scale and speed. We can share ideas and knowledge in words, images and with the virtual face to face technologies of online video that transcends time and place. Knowledge transfer is almost instantaneous. It is transforming humanity deeply at the personal and business levels. Social technologies are unlocking ideas from isolation and allowing them to be free to roam and add value to our lives. This process is also being accelerated and amplified by the wide…