Globalization

Every so often an event happens that makes you realize just how globally oriented the world is today. I’ve been watching the results of the US presidential election over the course of the day, getting updates in real time. This in itself is nothing particularly special. The fact that I’m Australian adds a little to the sense of “globalness” but it really struck me when I realized that I was an Australian watching the results of the US election in real time over the web – via the British Broadcasting Corporation. I mean, it wouldn’t have been particularly surprising for me to watch CNN reports flow by my RSS feed about the US election, and it wouldn’t have been all that far fetched to think I might have a web page open that showed the results as they came in. It does strike me as odd that the page I happened to be pointed at for the results essentially formed a triangle that touched the furthermost parts of the globe. Such is life these days…