A Brief History of Globalization, by Alex MacGillivary
Reveals that the major turning points in history were changes in the predominant media:
150,000 years ago Advent of Sequential Man – Global Culture
15,000 years ago Advent of Numeral Man – Global Agriculture
5,000 years ago Advent of Literal Man – Global Literature
500 years ago Advent of Graphical Man – Global Mapping
125 years ago Advent of Chronal Man – Global Time Zones
100 years ago Advent of Audial Man – Global Radio
75 years ago Advent of Visual Man – Global Television
50 years ago Advent of Virtual Sequential Man – Global Satellite
25 years ago Advent of Virtual Numerical Man – Global Internet
0 years ago Advent of Virtual Literal Man – Global Social Networks
Do you see a pattern?