Technological
changes
Technologically,
the greatest
contributor to the
global vlllage is
the microchip —
an electronic
Circuit on a
tiny chip. The
microchip has
made satellites and computers possible. These forms
of high-tech communications allow news and ideas
to travel quickly from country to country, making
people aware of their neighbors round the globe in
dramatic new ways. Through the Internet, we can
get information from computers anywhere and carry
on eleclronic conversations with people everywhere.
Through television programs transmtted by
satellite, We are exposed to many Cultures
What will happen as we move into the twenty-
first century and beyond? Almost certainly the
development of the global village will continue.
Not only is this possible, but the challution
that the world feces — for example, pollution,
population growth, and conflicts among peoples-
will make it necessary.