Globalisation

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Globalization

"The myth of globalisation|Peter Afandary| TEDxAix

- there are many villages in this world= global village is a myth

- global warming, global economy, global crisis, global communication

- easy to misunderstand eachother

- dominance of english

- reliance on digital communication

- leads to cultural dilemma

- culturally we are not global

- does contact mean communication

- cultural shock= feeling of disorientation, when you go to another country for the first time, now its invisible, hidden behind our technology

- "what is true is not what i said but what you understand"

- cultural intelligence, understanding different culture, adapt and understand, realize we dont think the same way, we see things in different ways

- " the last thing a fisch notices is the water he is swiming in"

- increase tolerance

- combate bigotry

- "if you differ from me, my brother, rather than harm me, you inrich me"

Globalization explained

- exchange informations and goods, due the internet, transporation and technology

- exchange service knowledge cultural goods and languages

- people and environment suffer

- benefit industrialized countries

- disadvantage: ecological problems, more carbon dioxide because of increasing use of transportation

- national environmental standards are being ignored

- neither good nor bad