Impact of Globalization
When reading about the degrees of separation, I couldn't help wondering what would happen today if you repeated the social experiment of connectedness across the globe instead of across America. Are the degrees of separation the same today in a global context? Would the envelope still make it to the stockbroker in an average of 6 steps?
So far most examples have been in an American context, and Im curious to know if there is any different social evidence to support Gladwells theories amongst different cultures. When reading about the maven, connector and salesman, I found myself quite pleased with each of these characters. Is there a possibility they would be less valued in other places, and therefore less influential to society?
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Permalink Reply by Barry Clemson on
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Village life is of course quite different in these respects from urban life. And the US is fairly extreme among nations in the degree to which the individual (and the nuclear family) pulls up roots and moves to a new city for jobs. My speculation therefore is that these roles will still be important but that there will be variations in how they work in each specific cultural context.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle Thompson on
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I think you are right. Even in the US, the title of these roles could vary our conceptual understanding. For example, many people are uncomfortable with the term salesman, or the image that the term conjures. I suppose this might be the case in other cultural contexts as well with the terms Gladwell has provided, but it might not make any difference in the larger picture.
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