From the editor: We are the world
Colin GrimshawWarc
Welcome to the post-geographic age. We now all live in a 'connected world' where people are no longer segregated by national borders, distance and cultures. We're one global tribe, united by Facebook. Aren't we?
Well... yes, and no. It's true that the internet and other communications technologies have, to some extent, created homogeneity of cultures, tastes and interests.
Yet these same technologies have also assisted in the greater fragmentation of the tribe – with the formation of niche communities, some joined by local/regional predilections, but others linked by shared, often...