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Greater understanding of other ways of life

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Greater understanding of other ways of life

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Communication technology allows to see and try to understand the way that other cultures and communities live, and the social systems that have developed among them. This is not idle curiosity; studying groups which are culturally distinct from us, can allow us to reflect in our own habits and perhaps reevaluate how we live our lives.

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How Industrialization Changed Childhood | Dorsa Amir | TEDxCambridge

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Technology has allowed us to create simpler version of once-complicated devices. Simple, and small devices are more portable, which has the obvious practical advantage of being able to transported in large quantities, large distances. This allows access to technology outside of the established technoligical centres of the global north.

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Computer coding with micro:bit in Mauritius

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Mass access to the internet and a digital media (largely) without borders has allowed people to gain various perpectives on politics and political movements.  Political figures have to take into account that they are no longer addressing solely a local audience, but will be held accountable for there words and actions from media sources outside their national territories.  An article from The Guardian, and other foreign media sources, ridiculed recent comments from Polish President Jarosław Kaczyński about falling pregancy rates, with a opennes unlikely to be found in domestic mainstream media.

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Polish politician blames low birthrate on young women drinking

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Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the ruling party, criticised by opposition for ‘nonsense’ comments

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The continuing develepment of the internet has led to a democratisation of voices and opinions, including in politics. In a recent podcast, Tim Berners Lee, considered the 'father' of the internet, makes the point that it much easier now for anyone to create and publish a website, using tools availbale online. In the early days of the internet it was necessary to have coding skills to build a website in order to create one, a possibility open to only a few. These days, with just a few clicks, anyone can take their places in a global market places of ideas.

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‎Beyond The Valley: Three decades after inventing the web, Tim Berners-Lee has some ideas on how to fix it on Apple Podcasts

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The internet landscape is now disempowering for individuals, and its inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Inrupt CEO John Bruce share their visions for the future of the web.

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Technology has allowed those who were previusly culturally and geographically isolated to have more of a voice in the political and democratic process. This year the indigenous communities of the Brazilian Amazon protested in the streets of Sao Paolo agaisnt legislation which would dilute conservation and indigenous autonomy over parts of the Amazon. They hope the pressure will lead to the Brazilian President vetoing the legislation. In days gone by, these communities would likely to have been aware of the bills being passed, not have the means to launch protests in major population centres.

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Tatiana Arias,Duarte Mendonca,Julia Vargas Jones,Tara John

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Brazilian Indigenous groups protest as lawmakers approve bill limiting recognition of ancestral lands | CNN

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Brazil's lower house of Congress on Tuesday night approved a bill that would limit the recognition of ancestral lands in a vote met by protests from Indigenous groups.

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''..the periods in between the waves, the periods marked by economic stagnation and decline, happen to be periods that have been characterized by rather intense inteIlectual, cultural, and sodal activity.''

Periods of great technological change have provoked analysis and reflection as individuals and groups consider the new reality and their role in it.

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''In the first period, romanticism and positivism emerged and, in many countries, cooperative movements developed...''

In the first wave of industrialisation commentaters and cultural society longed for a pre-insutrial age, William Blake capturing the feellings as he railed against the 'dark satanic mills' of the new world.

In another context, Luddites lashed out against the new technology, an interesting foreshadowing of current debates around digitisation, AI and obsolescence.

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...in the second period, socialist, populist, and nationalist ideas and movements helped give meaning to the ensuing developments in technology and science...

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Similarly, in the 1910s and 1920s, and then again in the 1960s and 1970s, there were widespread public debates, and a range of new actors and movements emerged-fascism, communism, and national liberation in the earlier period and the so-called new social movements of anti-imperialism, environmentalism, and feminism in the latter (Eyerman and Jamison 1991).

The coming of quicker transportatation systems helped to establish and strengthen the class consciousness of this new group; the urban working class.  From communism to fascism or republicanism, political and social movements have sought to harness the power of this demographic as a political force.

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In recent years the advent of mass access to digitalistion has led to a wider range of voices with the potential to gain more influence and impact on a greater number of lives. The ability to connect across time, space and cultures is shaping convesations in a very different way, compared to previous periods technological advances.

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What if you experienced every human life in history?