To elaborate,the dimensions of both space and time are critical to an effective understanding and application of any research methodology.At the global level,we are
attempting to comprehend and work with the planetary system as our arena of inquiry. Given the easiest and most meaningful level of description is the individual (personal)
level(Collen,2003),it is an immense and challenging extension of human sense systems
and thinking to comprehend the global level in any comprehensive,holistic, and ecological fashion.That system is comprised of numerous nodes,their interactions and
interdependent interrelations vastly more complex than our ongoing personal engagement in the world. It is a cognitive activity few human beings are equipped to do with any enduring skill. Therefore,we rely heavily on technologies to crunch,code,decipher, analyze, represent,and present to us what is happening in systems more micro and macro to our level of description (pex the microscope and telescope,respectively.