The interconnectedness of globalistic society is constantly being challenged by those who champion local culture and fear the effects of global homogenization. Yet, as evidenced in this chapter of Art & Today, local flavors of art and culture are being given new platforms on the internet on which they can connect, protest, grow, let alone survive. All of humanity is getting acclimated to this new technology. More and more people are online every day, the global village has grown into a online society full of pockets of ancient and emerging culture ripe for exploration by the curious mind. This is the line we're being fed as members of a first world technologically advanced society.
As a member of that society I'm in favor of globalism, yet even after composing the previous paragraph, I have doubts about its true existence. There is so much unexplored territory on our planet. Despite what Google Earth or Bing might show you, there are new species being discovered every day in the depths of our planet's oceans.
What do we really know about our planet?
How does mankind benefit from believing the planet is globalized?
What does that vague word even really mean?
Sharing information is contagious and benefits the mission of the globalized society, so why are we legislating against it using copyright law?
When will Earth reach its maximum capacity for humans?
How does art's role in globalism help us understand the world around us?
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