“In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it’s now commonplace for people of different world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It’s a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“What’s really misleading about neoliberal analysis of globalized capitalism is the idea everything works out because conditions for many are gradually improving. For any criticism you have of exploitation and imperialism, they have a chart showing gradual improvement in some communities. Without mor…”— comcastkills, comcastkills.tumblr.com
“I think the reality is you can see that countries in the world that isolate themselves, it’s not good for their people.”— Tim Cook, wsj.com
“I think the reality is you can see that countries in the world that isolate themselves, it’s not good for their people.”— Tim Cook, wsj.com
“The second [coming disruption] is telerobotics. There are a couple of well-known ones. One is the surgeon operating at a 100-kilometer distance from the patient. But you can imagine that hotel rooms in London could be cleaned by people driving robots sitting in Kenya or Buenos Aires or wherever, for…”— Eshe Nelson, Richard Baldwin, qz.com
“We shouldn’t try and protect jobs; we should protect workers. It’s really a fool’s errand to struggle with because after a year or two those jobs will still go. Either they will be replaced by robots or they’ll move to Mexico or China.”— Eshe Nelson, Richard Baldwin, qz.com
“In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.”— Hillary Clinton, marieclaire.com
“You used to be able to tell a person's nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that.”— Jeffrey Eugenides, amazon.com