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Technology: Making the World a Little Bit Smaller

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Technology: Making the World a Little Bit Smaller

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Since the 1980's (seriously not that long ago), the development of television, satellite, and computer technology has made it possible to spread information around the world easily and instantly.

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Satellites have a multitude of purposes and were made possible since the 1960s space race. Satellites are used for communication, weather, navigation, and military purposes.

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Television spread information and art to large numbers of people simultaneously. Programs in America and Great Britain are broadcasted internationally, increasing the use of English as a principle world language. CNN's broadcast of the Persian Gulf War was watched around the world and inspired international versions of the news network.

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Computers changed problem solving and processing capabilities. They also provide artists with new tools for film, photography, music, and writing. Miniature versions of computers and other electronics have made it possible for a large number of people to have access to technology. And the Internet has allowed people to exchange information almost immediately, dubbing this era as the information revolution.

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Industrialization around the world plundered natural resources and polluted the environment, and nations struggled to come together on solutions. Strip mines ruined land, pesticides destroyed soil, water and insects, oil spills killed marine life, air pollution led to acid rain, and the list goes on and on.

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Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

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In 1984, a leak at a pesticide plant in India killed over 3,500 people.

The meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia exposed thousands to lethal levels of radiation.

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Developing nations opposed environmental treaties to regulate overpopulation and environmental damage because it would inhabit their industrial growth. In 1997, a meeting for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Kyoto Protocol which bound nations to meet certain emission reduction targets. President Clinton signed this agreement, but the Senate never ratified it so the United States is not part of the Kyoto Protocol.