Global media thinker, writer, author of the weblog My Heart’s in Accra and co- founder of the revolutionary online community Global Voices Ethan Zuckerman gives a TED talk on the importance of seeking out global information in order to be better able to think about global issues.

“The infrastructures of a globalized world lead us to believe that we’re living in a flat, Friedmanesque world. From London, Bangalore’s just one hop away, and Suva’s just a hop further. Once we stop looking at the infrastructure – the roads, the air routes, the shipping lanes, the cables – and start looking at the flows of traffic, it becomes very clear that some parts of the world are far more connected than others. Globalization is unequally distributed. London and New York are a whole lot closer than Johannesburg and Rio”

(via worldchanging)