<![CDATA[Joi Ito hits a nail on the proverbial head when he writes:
I don’t know how much deep thought was involved when George Bush called the Internet “the internets” but this reflects a real risk that we face today. If you look at the traffic of many large countries with non-English languages, you will find that the overwhelming majority of the traffic stays inside the country.
The profound insularity of nations and leaders’ short horizon of inclusion threaten everything we have, as they always have even as they make us “strong.” A little less emphasis on strength and a bit more catholic (note, small “c”) view of the world would be good for us humans.]]>