http://blogzenze.com/blogmouth/2006/06/04/the-lost-continent/ Say something fresh! Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:56:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogzenze.com/blogmouth/2006/06/04/the-lost-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-22 BlogMouth » Flat World Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:36:15 +0000 http://www.blogzenze.com/blogmouth/2006/06/04/the-lost-continent/#comment-22 [...] A flat world is a positive thing. In theory a flat world would removes barriers, borders, and hierarchies. A flat world would elevate the level of education in the world and bring health care to those that require it the most. But the world is not that flat yet. For one, the United States is building and militarizing borders instead of tearing them down. China and other repressive countries are using Flat World technology and companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Cisco to censor and suppress their own people. And Africa, the lost continent, has been largely ignored by the Flat World as it suffers from AIDS, genocide, ethnic violence, and high unemployment rates. [...] [...] A flat world is a positive thing. In theory a flat world would removes barriers, borders, and hierarchies. A flat world would elevate the level of education in the world and bring health care to those that require it the most. But the world is not that flat yet. For one, the United States is building and militarizing borders instead of tearing them down. China and other repressive countries are using Flat World technology and companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Cisco to censor and suppress their own people. And Africa, the lost continent, has been largely ignored by the Flat World as it suffers from AIDS, genocide, ethnic violence, and high unemployment rates. [...]

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