This short histopictographicalgrammatical story of the Internet offers one view of how we have evolved to our current technological state ... our current state of cynical naiveté, coupled with ambivalent obsession. Scroll through for the answers you never thought you needed.
First, we lived in caves and threw things at animals
It wasn't a comfortable life, but took substantial gall
[note: substitute word (rhymes better but might discombobulate the genteel): balls]
People grew weary of barely surviving and pounding on drums
So they built some huts and began twiddling their thumbs
These people started thinking and thinking about what they could do
They thought about what their infant technologies could evolve into
Then they got perplexed, yes they did
They realized that they lacked a big power grid
In our fake history, at this point, the people only had in their defenses
A few little gadgets and their five little senses
The eye let them see
But could not set them free
The ear let them hear
But was just a mere ear
[note: It's true that the 1st ear isn't fully representative of the human ear, but it is a eye-catching graphic. See more realistic ear on right.]
The nose was something that some felt compelled to disgorge
Just like this guy on the right, our president, George
The mouth was useful for eating and talking
But we needed more, the people were balking
We had our fingers to feel
But we wanted the surreal
We wanted to exceed sight, sound, taste, hearing, and touch
We wanted it so badly, we wanted it so much
We want to fit into pictures like this one
We want to be barred by nothing or none
We want into the machine of the universe
For better or for worse
So we built a machine and the stage was set
That machine that we built was the World Wide Internet.
And this is us now (a representative of the whole)
The Internet at this point is out of our control.
A real source: http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/