The Global Village Is the Problem, Not the Solution

We must reject assumptions about technology and culture that are dictated by Western concepts of cosmopolitanism, he says. While it is important to learn about other people, cultures and communities under terms, we must respect the power and importance of local, cultural, indigenous and community-based creative uses of technology. Conversations that surpass the bounds of community can and should emerge, but only when the voices of their participants are truly respected,. From this perspective, the global village is the problem rather than the solution. There is no opposition here. If you want to keep your authentic way of life outside universalism ... you will get the worst authoritarian aspect of your local traditions.