Because I believe that it's right - Just thinking that presenting information on the World-Wide Web is "the right thing to do" was a first step.
Because I have the opportunity - In addition to having a desire to present the information, it's very beneficial to have the opportunity to do so. To some extent, that means having access to computers and a means of acquiring use of a network.
Because I would like to see it work - Electronic information has never been as widely or conveniently available as the World-Wide Web has made it. The common features of graphics and linked presentations allow easier and more expanded knowledge discovery and navigation. The opportunity doesn't require extensive reading knowledge for each phase of the process. Since people don't have to reach content through understanding all intermediate steps, there's a chance that information will be reached that might not have been through systems that require more user knowledge. There's a chance that the extent of people's knowledge will increase and that understandings that were seldom shared will become common. I think that should happen.
Because computer use has a benefit and WWW applications make good use of computers - Isaac Newton said, I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light. WWW development makes good use of iteration or continual attention throughout a process. It provides a chance to build beyond the limits of short-term memory and make benefits available to others who are not required to have followed the many little steps that were required to build the system.
The Web allows users to learn at a pace that is convenient for them - In general conversation, there may not be enough time or interest to endure technical discussions or to see the evidence that is needed for a sound conclusion.
"All knowledge wants to be free" - Not that I agree that knowledge wants anything, but people want to be free of the limitations of their knowledge, at least in some regards. According to psychologists and the simple experience of learning, most people have considerable intelligence that is not in use, so nothing should be displaced if we learn more.
The Internet mentality - The two most notable things to me about the Internet from my first acquaintance with it were that free resources abounded and many technically knowledgeable people could be heard. That may be partly due to the fact that I was interested in learning about computer programming, and that I had found a place where computer programmers spent time! In recent years, according to what I've since learned, networks became more easily available to more people and electronic communications have increased. Many people have decided to make information that they had prepared for whatever reasons available to others. It's a prevalent mentality that is seen from Usenet newsgroups to ftp and WWW sites.
To share information - It's a common experience to find people online who have experience in fields of interest similar to one's own. The free and helpful sharing of information that is common in some newsgroups and resource centers promotes learning.
To be part of the community - The community or the network community consists of people who have a share in other people's lives. The best information that I can provide is what I actually know and can explain. It's also true that even human weakness and limits can provide consolation and encouragement for others when needed, so an information provider doesn't have to be universally informed.
For benefit - I would like to go beyond my present circumstances, so these pages are provided for benefit.
About the poem - When I was a child, I saw "Something Told the Wild Geese" in a magazine called "Highlights for Children". For some reason I remembered it, though it wasn't of much interest to me at the time. Maybe it was easy to remember - "now what was the name of that poem, something about the wild geese, oh yeah, something told the wild geese." Later the sense of what moved the geese came to mind. We'd have to say it was instinct. Of course, there's something haunting about the cry of geese flying through the evening sky.
JPF