What is globalization?

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What is globalization?
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What are the positive aspects of globablization?
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What are the negative aspects of globalization?
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Paradox of technology

• Makes us more isolated?
• Or makes the world a smaller place?

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Shenks solution to data smog

• Be your own filter
• Be your own editor
• Simplify
• De-nichify
• Dont forsake government, improve it

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Technorealism

• Technologies are not neutral
• Internet is revolutionary but not Utopian
• Government has an important role to play
• Information is not knowledge
• Wiring schools will not save them
• Information wants to be protected

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Technorealism, cont.

• The public owns the airwaves, the public should
  benefit from their use
• Understanding technology is essential component
  of global citizenship