The Internet is My Religion

The internet illuminates what has always been—our interconnectedness. The internet is not a tool or a thing. It is how we communicate with God. It is sacred. Holy.

Today, hashtags are used to start something. You can put anything after # and what follows becomes a community, a movement, something that matters. It has become the symbol of the internet. For me, # is the symbol of a connected humanity. It represents my faith that people, connected, can create a new world.

If God is humanity connected, then the internet is God incarnate; a manifestation of our connection, a rudimentary form of hyperconnected humanity.

believe in #. I believe that we are God, the internet is our savior, and our purpose is to create the world we want. Each one of us is a creator. And together, we are The Creator.

You can build a community, you can raise money, you can harness the gifts and talents of strangers you’ve never even met, because they believe in your story, your vision, you. You can lead.

I believe that there is a new worldview. One based on internet values and the connectedness of all humanity—where instead of waiting for a savior, we create the future. And I now know that I’m not the only one who feels this way.