2 Nov 2006 @ 18:03, by swanny
Nov 2, 2006
Earth
The Web:
The emergence of a Global "economic conscience"?
The events of the tsunami of Dec of 2004 were unprecidented
in a way. Never had the news of such a massive shift or disaster
spread around the globe so quickly perhaps. Why? Mostly because
of the internet. Within minutes calls rang out around the globe
of the scope of the disaster. Continents or least coastlines
had shifted in a matter of moments and the ensuing death tolls
from the resulting tsunami continued to mount by the hour.
The animals seemed somewhat uneffected as they seem to have had
advance notice. Their tolls perhaps a fraction of the human
and structure loss and costs.
Yet within hours relief efforts were on there way... and then it began
to happen. People reached into their hearts and wallets in a "global"
way as itself was unprecidented. Here, was it here that the
"global economic conscience" truly began?
Perhaps but what is clear is that somehow people were "globally united"
as if by magic to reach out and help virtual strangers across the
planet. Not much solicitation seemed needed, the need was obvious and
was addressed and met by and because of the internet and this strange
global economic conscience that mysteriously manifested and somehow as
quickly faded.
We showed though that we could do and that beneath the hard numbers
humanity has a heart.
ed jonas
2006 (C)
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