The world is getting smaller by the minute. How so? With the advancements in technology and communication, even people from opposite ends of the earth are able to transact business and talk in real time, without having to go face to face and meet personally.
Because of these developments, businessmen worldwide no longer find the need to travel from country to country just to meet a particular offshore site manager for a weekly status report. All they need to do is connect to the Internet and, presto, the job is done.
There are many kinds of communication tools we can use to talk with other people in different locations. Some communication devices allow for audio conferencing, for instance, while others support video streaming in real time, to allow participants to view each other during an online transaction.
They can have as few as two to as many as a dozen participants. And because technology is advancing every minute, before we know it, they might soon be able to accommodate hundreds of people all at once, as in a plenary. Congressmen might soon find it useless and tedious to meet in one session hall to make legislative decisions (though it is hoped that...