I've looked at what globalisation was and what it is today. It's debatable when it started, some say millions of years ago, with the advent of man, some say the 1970s, it's all really indecisive. What globalisation actually is seems uncertain as well. To some it is as simple as google puts it:

globalization: growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry".


But lots of people seem to think it is more to do with the individual - more of a mentality than figures of how many shops in a country or whatever. Acceptance of races and traditions and disregard of your own origins is a major theme.

I thought I want to look into the future of globalisation; where we can possibly go from here. I assumed it was just a case of lesser developed countries will get more developed, more urbanisation, etc. but I've found some anti-globalisation viewpoints that argue that globalisation will destroy itself (and has already begun to do so).

The Twin Tower collapse is cited a lot - and very convincingly. For globalisation to work, there has to be compromise. If, instead of separate nations, we effectively become a planet-state, then common ground has to be found.

The basis of this argument is that it can't be found. People are intrinsically greedy and demanding and we will never compromise. A common prediction is that world-changing events (such as 9-11) will doom globalisation before it can ever be realised.

Looking into this more - it's sick as

Fionn