The globalization of news

“What is happening with this world??”

If you occasionally spend time on Social Media, you might be familiar with this phrase. It is a rather common reaction of people to terrible news events involving violence, terrorism or other kinds of destructive aggression or catastrophes.

Whenever I see someone responding with a statement like the one above, I am tempted to reply: “The same things as have always happened”. I don’t, because people in a state of shock and sorrow don’t need that kind of smart-ass remark.

Still, now and here, I think it is important to point out that whenever somebody makes a comment implying that everything is falling apart, some heavy selective perception is at work. Even though the world indeed has become rather turbulent lately, as confirmed by a recent expert survey of the World Economy Forum, not every incident and event should be taken as proof for that. Continue Reading