Global Connectivity

A strange thing happened this morning. I received, via Facebook, the same picture twice, but the images were posted in Brisbane and Amsterdam respectively! That's the amusing item below about people's images of professors.

Then Rebecca, serendipitously posted the next image of people's perceptions of planners, which is in the same vein.

I commented on this coincidence on Facebook and, within 30 minutes one of my friends in Japan liked what I had done. Rather than living in splendid isolation, we inhabit an instantly connected world shifting towards a more common culture. It's something I support because shared values are probably the best antidote to the bane of tribal loyalty. I, for one, enjoy zig-zagging from one country to another soaking up different cultures but safe in the knowledge that humans everywhere share largely common knowledge, values, hopes and aspirations.

AS