0 all the countries of the world when thought of as being closely connected by modern communication and trade: --
1 the idea that the internet, modern travel, and modern ways of doing business make it possible to deal with the whole world as if all areas of it were local: --
The world is a 'global village'.
The global village has arrived.
It is envisioned as the language for the global village, the lingua franca.
An awareness of what is the current terminology in the global village is another concern.
It isn't a global village, nothing cozy and not that much communal about it.
Maybe the following reflections on soundscapes, their transformation and transfer can finally provide some ideas about this very special kind of global village locality too.
If such an entity did not already exist, the global village would have to invent it.
The global village is optimistically as well as pessimistically seen a kind of justifying framework - especially useful for organising a life within technological globality.
