This morning I met someone from my one of my classes on the train to university. He, his friend and I were talking. They find out where I am from and immediately name one of the popular beaches back home. So on a (warm) winter day in Canada, 3 strangers happened to talk (fondly) of a beach on exactly the other side of the world. We were all from different countries.
The blog Gods rewarded me for yesterday's posting :D
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C.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thinking of the World
I know that its not really big news anymore, but the internet is amazing! Well, maybe it is the world that is amazing. I love how small the world has become, or rather how close it has become. I love that people from all over the place have more opportunities to interact with each other now than they ever had. I think keeping a global perspective on things should be expected from each one of us. I don't think we live in just one country anymore. Or rather, I don't think we should feel like we live in just one country anymore. I honestly feel like we are all living in 1 large country...which spans the globe.
This small scale world, though, comes with some baggage. Something happening in one country does affect me. A stubborn dictator in Zimbabwe angers me. Displacing millions of people and sinking ancient villages in China for a hydro dam annoys me! Storing seed samples of all the crops on the planet in a dooms day vault fills me with joy! Selfish journalists in Denmark make me feel sad for the citizens who now have an even bigger target hanging over them.
Ofcourse global warming, international economies, international law, various national foreign policies all have an effect on me too.
Think back to a 100 years ago. 1908. Letters! Penpals! Holidays within your own country! Ha!! How things have changed!
Politics, Rants and Philosophy (and occasionally, happenings in my life).
Welcome to my blog!
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C.
This small scale world, though, comes with some baggage. Something happening in one country does affect me. A stubborn dictator in Zimbabwe angers me. Displacing millions of people and sinking ancient villages in China for a hydro dam annoys me! Storing seed samples of all the crops on the planet in a dooms day vault fills me with joy! Selfish journalists in Denmark make me feel sad for the citizens who now have an even bigger target hanging over them.
Ofcourse global warming, international economies, international law, various national foreign policies all have an effect on me too.
Think back to a 100 years ago. 1908. Letters! Penpals! Holidays within your own country! Ha!! How things have changed!
Politics, Rants and Philosophy (and occasionally, happenings in my life).
Welcome to my blog!
---------
C.
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