World seems smaller, these days. It's shrinking every year.
1, 2, 3-- it's smaller than 1993.
4, 5, 6-- it's smaller than 1996.
7, 8, 9-- I know what you ate for dinner last night, Facebook updater extraordinaire.
Ever wonder what all this connectivity means?
The lightning storm of modern-day media has changed how I think about responsibility. The level of connectivity and ease of access require, at minimum, a new level of awareness, if not action. The belief: "It doesn't affect me" doesn't work anymore, because in a global economy, everything affects everyone.
I'll break that down, because I hate to recycle Tom Friedman or the sustainability creed.
My college newspaper polled five students for a "man-on-the-street" interview. We asked them to talk about a long transit strike that had taken the busses of the streets for weeks. Responses were mixed, until we found one girl who didn't know about the bus strike. We printed that.
Everything affects everyone, whether you know about it or not. Google "chaos theory" and try to wrap your mind around the mathematical model more commonly known as the "Butterfly Effect."
Remember the "least of these," even though he lives 5,000 miles away, because you just saw his picture online. He looks hungry. And sick.
This isn't a guilt trip, friends. It's an encouragement to live every day on purpose, to enjoy every moment, and to care.
We have all been granted, at minimum, the currency of time. Mindful of the value of your time, I keep my blogs short!
Spend wisely. The future is constructed by gazillions of tiny choices made by people just like you.
-Andrew
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