When hierarchies are surrounded by changes, they lack flexibility and are slow to adapt to external changes, the people are used more as information transmitters than as independent agents, and the leaders at the top end up swamped when the rate of change is high.
"The nation-state is a territorial concept defined by a geographical border."
"Civil Society has become a powerful force. The number of known international NGOs went from 6,000 in 1990 to 26,000 in 2000." NGOs are nongovernmental organizations.
"Raising the human institutions line with their triple requirement of moving beyond traditional hierarchies, beyond the traditional nation-state ways of doing things, beyond the now untenable separation of the public, private, and civil society spheres is a challenge."
"The large and vocal alliances of protesters of all stripes rallying around large international events and decrying the inability of established institutions to meet their concerns and respond to the momentous changes afoot."
The global issue that concerns me the most is the spread of new infectious diseases. Over the past twenty years or so, there have been many outbreaks of diseases. The Swine Flu, for example, came out of nowhere and killed many people. In my opinion, this is something we need to do more research on and try to prevent.
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