"To say that we have become a global cvilization is kinda vague. But whatever globalization means to you, it's clear that technology and mass mediums have a lot to do with it. At some point it became necessary for people to concern themselves with events outside their locality. Imperialism probably had a lot do with that. Suddenly, what was going on some place thousands of miles away could affect you. People wanted to know about these things, and so was born the Industry of Information... more