Blog Post 1: Globalization

With advances in transportation and technology, we have been able to experience different cultures and ways of life that previously we didn't even know were possible. Our scope of goods and materials we can obtain has changed from a national, to a more global approach and with thats comes an adjustment to how we interact from day to day. Practically every aspect of our lives has has been affected by what we can sum up into one word, globalization. Personally, i am grateful for these shifts in our world today and all the various opportunities, outlooks, and culture it has given me. I think of how many times my family was in the car driving to somewhere for dinner and my parents would ask us, "What type of food do you guys feel like? Chinese? Italian? Mexican?" If it weren't for the discovery and spread of different country's cuisines through globalization, i doubt we would have had such a conversation. Because of this, i'm also constantly amazed at how i can connect with people on social media network sites that I've met halfway across the world, let alone my ability to travel to those remote places in the first place. I'm also in love with the idea that the music i listen to, the clothes i wear, and the cars i drive are not strictly limited to the borders of where i live. What it all comes down to, is i believe all the benefits that come from globalization far outweigh the disadvantages it personally brings to my life. 

Mary Thompson