The social implications of globalization have so far been seen as an afterthought, or as an unfortunate consequence of progress. The ability to continue to think and feel and dream seems somehow threatened; there is a sense that the new global paradigm can somehow shut down our full capacity to be human. This shutting down, or submission to what are perceived to be inexorable and inhuman forces, is contrary to the true promise of globalization. The imperative exists, then, continuously to rethink and reinvent it.
