The web is leading the way to world peace; Pangea Day Top 5
Written on May 13, 2008 – 8:21 pm
Patrick de Laive, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Fleck
The new connectiveness might be leading the way to world peace.
Nowadays youngsters are meeting up to 5 times as many people as their parents did, we are communicating more than ever and it will not stop here as more and newer ways of communicating will be found. People can’t live without communication. The web, and technology in general, have boosted the communication wave immensely. Respect comes out of understanding, communication is the only way to understand other people, different cultures, religions and beliefs. Two years ago, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim told her dream during the TED awards; To bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film. Saturday her dream came true in the form of Pangea Day.
Over the whole world people were gathering (I was at a gathering of the Young Executive Society in Ljubljiana) to watch a 4 hour event where videos from all over the world were shown about all kinds of topics, but especially about understanding different cultures, about love, about peace, about being a human being.
It was a great experience and I can recommend you watch videos, but just in case you don’t have 4 hours, here is my personal top 5. (more…)
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