Globalization II - Good or Bad?: Crash Course World History #42
In which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some...
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Hi, I’m John Green and this is the final episode of Crash Course: World History, not because we’ve reached the end of history but because we’ve reached the particular middle where I happen to be living. Today we’ll be considering whether globalization is a good thing, and along the way we’ll try to do something that you may not be used to doing in history classes: imagining the future. Past John: Mr. Green, Mr. Green! In the future, I’m gonna get to second base with Molly Brown. Present John: No you won’t, Me from the Past, but the fact that when asked to imagine THE future, you imagine YOUR future says a lot about the contemporary world. And listen, Me From the Past, while there’s no question that your solipsistic individualism is bad both f...
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Hi, I’m John Green and this is the final episode of Crash Course: World History, not because we’ve reached the end of history but because we’ve reached the particular middle where I happen to be living. Today we’ll be considering whether globalization is a good thing, and along the way we’ll try to do something that you may not be used to doing in history classes: imagining the future. Past John: Mr. Green, Mr. Green! In the future, I’m gonna get to second base with Molly Brown. Present John: No you won’t, Me from the Past, but the fact that when asked to imagine THE future, you imagine YOUR future says a lot about the contemporary world. And listen, Me From the Past, while there’s no question that your solipsistic individualism is bad both f...
