Globalization and Global Governance

             The globalization of technology has most significantly helped by making jobs, entertainment, education, safety, accessibility, more efficient and organized. One of the most prominent effects of technological advances is how much more compacted everything has become. No longer do we need a planner, a watch, access to the Internet, a calculator, an address book, a camera etc., now all these necessities are conveniently combined into one small contraption. The globalization of technology has enabled most modernized countries to live life much easier and more enjoyable through the Internet, through cellular phones or generally the inventions in digitization.
             As the human race is in constant intellectual competition, more and more inventions are being created to make the lives of individuals easier. As author Joseph E. Stiglitz better summarizes, "Fundamentally [Globalization] is the closer integration of the countries and people of the world which has been brought about by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication, and the breaking down of artificial barriers to the flows of goods, services, capital, knowledge and people across borders" (Stiglitz 2003, 9). Since the twenty- first century approached, more and more individuals are using modern technology as vital tools in their everyday lives. These technological advances have been spreading at a fast pace nationwide which has improved the lives of many and will continue to do so.
             Anti-globalists might argue that globalization is becoming irreversible, and that technology is becoming over connected and dehumanizing. A common thought that globalization is irreversible is better described by author Thomas L. Friedman explaining:
             Globalization is very difficult to reverse because it is driven both by enormously powerful human aspirations for higher standards of living, and by enormously powerful technologies which are integrating us more and more every...

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