Globalization & The Internet

the world lit by fire to WTF

It’s a UTILITY.Increasingly ubiquitous and invisible

..and (as with most globalization) asymmetric

.. with great power comes great responsibility

NEWTONbut always remember

IMAGINEJohn Lennon

health, geopolitics, financial markets, corporations, journalism, communication, relationships, talent, education, creativity, music, travel, news, activism, ecology

..making us stupid, fat &

lazy?

WEAPONS OFMASS

DISTRACTION

witness: MXit horror by parents

The World is Flat

NOT

we’re seeing ourselves in a new light

[edit]

we commit differently

the balance of power. When Politics met Web

RELEASE EARLYRELEASE OFTEN

early advantage counts exponentially & asymmetrically

[unfair.y tales & piglets]

..it’s easier and cheaper to get everything whenyou already have advantage

1. It’s a UTILITY - access not ownership

2. POWER has shifted. profoundly. With great power ..

3. Advantages (depending on your perspective)

4. Disadvantages (neither good nor bad, as with ALL globalization)

5. ONE MACHINE radical transparency, we’re all in it together

Wednesday:our global dinosaur.juice hangover,

our love.affair with coffeeand good green chocolate

+ resources later on Vula