Hotel Rwanda

Managed to get a hold of this DVD, and the much needed time this weekend to finally watch this good movie about the genocide in 1994. Its imperative that all of us be aware of these darker sides of human nature and the sheer apathy of international community to be unable to respond to this crisis when they had all the information to be able to prevent it. The happenings in Darfur (Sudan) for the past year has not had mainstream media attention, and is one more evidence of how disconnected we can suddenly become.

While I am not an idealistic person, and don't necessarily believe in advocating the path of righteousness - which to me is a little extreme - because all humans have their own limitations, I think we need to understand the extremities in human thoughts and actions which are happening for real in this ever shrinking world.

The effects of Globalization is one way or the other having an impact in all of our lives. And we need to have a heightened awareness of our roles in this new world of connected globalization. The extreme thoughts/actions are particularly dense in the parts that are most disconnected, and below is a map which shows where we belong in this new adaptation.



There are a lot of interesting thinkers who have provided their valuable insights into this New Age of accelerated Globalization, while most are pessimistic in their conclusions, I think Thomas Bernett's approach is more refreshing (the above map is from one of his books). Its based on factual accounts of human response and adaptation to adversities, and I think his rulesets based approach is the most objective way to identify ourselves with the changes in this endevour & will likely form the foundation for diplomatic connectedness.