shrinking world
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- bordersLines separating regions
- connectivityState of being linked
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- travelMovement between locations
distance · communication · village · technology · airplane · satellite · instant · proximity · trade · networks · compression · boundaries · migration · digital · telecommunications · jet · frontier · reach
technological and infrastructural integration
shrinking worlddeglobalization
Unwinding of international integration
isolationism · digital divide · splinternet · decoupling · balkanization
cultural and social boundaries
shrinking worldparochialism
Excessive local focus
isolationism · nationalism · tribalism · insularity · provincialism