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May 27, 2020 18 min

It Is A Small World After All

from Talk Cocktail Hosted by Jeff Schechtman

Most of you have heard about the Butterfly Effect. The butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico can cause a hurricane in China. It may take a very long time, but the connection is real. If the butterfly had not flapped its wings at just the right point in space/time, the hurricane would not have happened. It’s how the world works today. Except with modern communications, it happens at warp speed. Coronavirus and terrorism are just two of many examples Even for those that try and eschew globalization, the protest is futile. The world, its peoples, its governments and yes its companies are deeply interwoven and interconnected. It why we do ourselves such a disservice as citizens and as a nation if we don’t truly understand the world and our place in it. Few understand this as well as Richard Haass who takes us through it in The World: A Brief Introduction My conversation with Richard Haass: Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

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