Pangea Day, London
I came across Pangea Day on the TED Talks website purely by coincidence, but have to say what a lovely coincedence it was. Went to Somerset House in London last night and witnessed the first truly global event where people from a number of countries watched the event at the same time. There is no point talking about what the event it about as it is best expressed at their website - http://www.pangeaday.org/, but I do want to describe a couple of that stood out for me or made me think:
- Human behaviour - More things that are common that uncommon between people across the world.
- Role of Media - All we see about other countries in our news channels, newspapers etc. on a day to day basis is what is wrong in these countries - probably because this is what makes most money to media companies. How about having a global TV channel / newspaper that shows only positive things from all areas in the world and covers all the cool things and positive news - is it possible to make a business case to make something like this work?
- The event made me think how modern our society really is in terms of dealing with globalisation. I think Pangea Day is probably the first true global event that connected the humane side of the people across the globe. An event that tried to bring people together and appeal to the common feelings that we share with other human beings.
Also met some lovely people at the event. It was good to see their enthusiasm to make things better. I hope this event is a success going forward and there are many more Pangea Days to come with many more people attending!
- Human behaviour - More things that are common that uncommon between people across the world.
- Role of Media - All we see about other countries in our news channels, newspapers etc. on a day to day basis is what is wrong in these countries - probably because this is what makes most money to media companies. How about having a global TV channel / newspaper that shows only positive things from all areas in the world and covers all the cool things and positive news - is it possible to make a business case to make something like this work?
- The event made me think how modern our society really is in terms of dealing with globalisation. I think Pangea Day is probably the first true global event that connected the humane side of the people across the globe. An event that tried to bring people together and appeal to the common feelings that we share with other human beings.
Also met some lovely people at the event. It was good to see their enthusiasm to make things better. I hope this event is a success going forward and there are many more Pangea Days to come with many more people attending!
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