My good friend Fran has recently started a new blog called Global Village. In her words:
The cultural critic, international scholar and eminent futurist Marshall McLuhan once predicted that a form of technology such as the Internet would bring us closer together as society to create a “Global Village.†But he also voiced concern over what we as human beings might lose in the process of adopting new technologies. And as I am finding increasingly in my research the differences still do exist, with conflict perhaps being our keenest and most unfortunate reminder of that.
2006 marks the beginning of a research project I am leading on studying global demographic change – no small feat. I hope to use this blog as a host and as an extension of the discoveries, the conversations and the encounters I have along the way.
As I float through the continents and enlighten myself, here’s hoping I can bring something back to all of you in the global village.
Fran, if anyone, I think of as a global citizen. Somehow living in Montreal and working in London and what is it next week Johannesburg? I think of her more as residing in a multi-continental probability cloud rather than a fixed address. Which inevitably makes it hard to catch her for a pint. At least wherever she is, we can follow her blog. I recommend you subscribe.