In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.
Greater technological connectivity makes the world wider, and the walls of isolation - thinner.
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.
The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.
The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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