” The countries borders are getting smaller the world is getting smaller. ” Wow, is the world really getting smaller? , you ask. No, the world is not getting smaller but it is becoming so easy these days to communicate, all we have to do is pick up the phone or tap a mouse on the internet. Transportation and communication are bringing countries together. That also includes the United Nations and some global conflicts. But in the world today technology is becoming so advanced yet simple to use. Also world wide sports is growing.
So now you can see how it seems that we are so far apart yet we are tarting to come together as a whole. Transportation these days is becoming so high-tech. Even the average person can get on an airplane and fly to almost anywhere. Or buy a car and have the ability to afford it and maintain it for a long period of time. Scientist have also developed space shuttles that people travel in all the way to the moon. It is kind of weird thinking about how mankind taught themselves how to build and fly airplanes and space shuttles and how they produced many cars that the average person can afford.
Advanced transportation also has ts disadvantages. Millions of people die in car crashes every year, but believe it or not there are less in airplanes. Traveling by airplane is the safest way to travel. But if something goes wrong in an airplane it usually turns out pretty bad. Then again where would airplanes be if they didn’t have communication. They wouldn’t even be able to fly. Luckily we have the technology to be able to talk from the airplane to the control tower from hundreds of miles apart. Like when they send a space shuttle into space they always say, ” Houston come in .
That means that they are talking all the way from space to Houston, Texas. We also have that kind of technology from our own homes. We can pick up the phone and call almost anyone in the world. Or get on the internet and chat with many different people. Also from the internet you can send letters or even shop, all on-line. Today our whole society is based on communication. Without communication factories couldn’t talk with other factories or an ambulance couldn’t call a helicopter for life support. The United Nations, the peace keeping group of the world. The United Nations helps bring our world closer together.
They make policy by committee and they have a representative from each country. Without the United Nations it would almost be an anarchy world. Not only does the United Nations discuss peace keeping but also business. For example, the United States doesn’t produce everything needed to survive in our own country. So we rely on other countries to give us what resources we need. Such as rice from Japan, oil from Saudi Arabia, rubber from the rain forest of South America and most atural elements from the southern part of Africa like gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, uranium, coal and natural gases.
Sometimes disagreements between the United Nations can bring on global conflicts which can cause a war. When Kosovo decided to break away from Yugoslavia the government would not allow it and that led to a civil war. The United States went into Kosovo as the United Nations to help break up the war. Luckily the United Nations broke up the war quickly so that no high powered missiles would be launched. With the technology these days one missile could destroy half of the United States. Technology is one of the worlds biggest improvements.
It allows us to put satellites in space so that we can get signals from other satellites. But technology has managed to make an affordable computer with the internet that the average person can afford. Technology has also put people out of jobs because scientist have developed and programmed robots to do the same thing and for alot cheaper. Scientist have also developed the internet, where you can research almost anything that has ever existed. You can even buy clothes or equipment from certain sites on the internet.
Technology has also enabled France and England to build a tunnel under water for travelers and the public to travel from country to country. The tunnel could also be used to enable sports teams to travel back and forth. Global sports are becoming more and more popular. Even in the North Pole they have a human polar bear swim where crazy people dig a pit in the middle of the snow and they jump in and swim. In Australia, they have invented the game rugby. Two teams gather and go head to head contact without any pads.
The Olympics still ttract the most attention, bringing people from all over the world to see the best athletes represent their country. In the world today there are so many different ideas, cultures, and beliefs that we have to honor. That’s why there are so many riots and deaths every year. As the world keeps advancing in communication, transportation, technology and global sports the world is starting to come together as a whole. We have realized that we can go so much farther when we work together with other countries throughout the world. So you see that if the world comes together then everybody will live a happier life.
