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10 años que conmovieron al mundo
Este texto es una especie de folleto para los jóvenes, los que el 11 de septiembre de 2001 eran niños o adolescentes, y también es una lectura rápida para adultos, cuyo objetivo es mostrar cómo, en el transcurso de esta década, el mundo ha experimentado una profunda transformación.
Se considera que los sucesos ocurridos el 11 de septiembre han sido el principal acontecimiento de la década, pero los cambios van mucho más allá de la amenaza del terrorismo y la guerra contra el terror: la revolución tecnológica desencadenada por Apple, la utilización cada vez mayor de la web, el advenimiento de las redes sociales, las investigaciones punteras de las células madre son algunas de las innovaciones que han generado una nueva Ilustración. La guerra contra el terror y su poderosa retórica han ensombrecido estos fenómenos. Por ello, el propósito de este librito es mostrar los verdaderos puntales del cambio, estas innovaciones que influirán en las próximas décadas.
Mientras que los políticos se dedicaban a cazar a los fantasmas de Al Qaeda, la economía estaba fuera de control, lo que nos llevó a la crisis de 2008 y a la posterior recesión en la que nos encontramos. Los mercados emergentes, a los que la revolución tecnológica condujo a la modernidad con extraordinaria rapidez, se han convertido en el auténtico ganador de la década. En el plazo de 10 años, los países que constituyen el llamado grupo BRIC (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) han llegado a ser los principales actores de la economía internacional.
Por primera vez en la historia, la explosión demográfica está erosionando el medio ambiente y ejerciendo una gran presión sobre los recursos naturales. Ya no podemos seguir viviendo como lo hemos hecho hasta ahora. Esta es la década en la que este tipo de problemas y reflexiones se han hecho realidad, situando las cuestiones ambientales en el primer plano de la política y la economía.
La revolución de los jóvenes, reforzada por las redes sociales, emplea la web para rechazar los valores antiguos y obsoletos, reclamando un papel determinante en una sociedad que sólo concede a los jóvenes el papel de consumidores. Desde la economía pop hasta la revuelta árabe, el mundo está empezando a girar una de las principales páginas de la historia moderna. Dentro de 50 años, esta década será considerada como uno de los principales hitos del progreso humano.
Este librito pretende reflejar una larga corriente de consciencia, que se articula mediante una sucesión de tweets. Esta es la narrativa moderna, la que los jóvenes utilizan. Los principales temas, como son la política, la economía, las personas, la tecnología y el medio ambiente se entrecruzan de manera constante, mostrando que todos ellos están estrechamente vinculados y cómo la globalización, consolidada durante esta década, supone un reto enorme para nuestro mundo.
Se considera que los sucesos ocurridos el 11 de septiembre han sido el principal acontecimiento de la década, pero los cambios van mucho más allá de la amenaza del terrorismo y la guerra contra el terror: la revolución tecnológica desencadenada por Apple, la utilización cada vez mayor de la web, el advenimiento de las redes sociales, las investigaciones punteras de las células madre son algunas de las innovaciones que han generado una nueva Ilustración. La guerra contra el terror y su poderosa retórica han ensombrecido estos fenómenos. Por ello, el propósito de este librito es mostrar los verdaderos puntales del cambio, estas innovaciones que influirán en las próximas décadas.
Mientras que los políticos se dedicaban a cazar a los fantasmas de Al Qaeda, la economía estaba fuera de control, lo que nos llevó a la crisis de 2008 y a la posterior recesión en la que nos encontramos. Los mercados emergentes, a los que la revolución tecnológica condujo a la modernidad con extraordinaria rapidez, se han convertido en el auténtico ganador de la década. En el plazo de 10 años, los países que constituyen el llamado grupo BRIC (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) han llegado a ser los principales actores de la economía internacional.
Por primera vez en la historia, la explosión demográfica está erosionando el medio ambiente y ejerciendo una gran presión sobre los recursos naturales. Ya no podemos seguir viviendo como lo hemos hecho hasta ahora. Esta es la década en la que este tipo de problemas y reflexiones se han hecho realidad, situando las cuestiones ambientales en el primer plano de la política y la economía.
La revolución de los jóvenes, reforzada por las redes sociales, emplea la web para rechazar los valores antiguos y obsoletos, reclamando un papel determinante en una sociedad que sólo concede a los jóvenes el papel de consumidores. Desde la economía pop hasta la revuelta árabe, el mundo está empezando a girar una de las principales páginas de la historia moderna. Dentro de 50 años, esta década será considerada como uno de los principales hitos del progreso humano.
Este librito pretende reflejar una larga corriente de consciencia, que se articula mediante una sucesión de tweets. Esta es la narrativa moderna, la que los jóvenes utilizan. Los principales temas, como son la política, la economía, las personas, la tecnología y el medio ambiente se entrecruzan de manera constante, mostrando que todos ellos están estrechamente vinculados y cómo la globalización, consolidada durante esta década, supone un reto enorme para nuestro mundo.
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January 1, 2013
The politics of fear start to take shape: in the collective imagination, tomorrow will bring more menace than today.
10 Years That Shook the World is a very intriguing concept – evaluating the most important events of each year from 2001 to 2011 and listing them in order of most important to least in terms of overall impact on the world. It looks at global events: war, changing technology, natural disasters, economics, and politics and shows what relevance they have had to the world. The intriguing part is that Loretta Napoleoni has used the concept of one of the biggest influences of the decade to relay her research: Each event she mentions is kept to roughly 140 characters of information.
Napoleoni intended for this book to be a quick run through of the last decade for those who, like me, were in school and may have missed/not understood some of what was happening in the world. It is world events at their most basic, but they provide a great overview of events and do a great job of showing the cause of effect of most of them.
There were some events that I had missed the importance of, or missed all together, and some events that seemed even more horrible on page. I have included some below:
2003:
Over 25,000 people die in an earthquake in Iran
In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, an estimated 11m people around the world take their rage to the streets to protest against the looming war. It is the largest protest in human history.
Widespread looting follows the fall of Saddam Hussein. Despite international warnings, US forces choose not to protect the Baghdad Museum and other important sites.
The Iraqi museum’s collections include some of most precious objects from the dawn of human civilisation. As a result, thousands of historical items are stolen.
Three of the Bush administration’s most senior cultural advisors resign in protest.
With over 200,000 songs when launched, iTunes sells more than 1m downloads in the US in just two weeks; by 2008 the iTunes store would become the top music vendor in America.
2004:
The aid raised amounts to an estimated $7,100 per victim (of the Southeast Asia tsunami), as compared to flood victims in Bangladesh the same year, who received only $3 per victim.
2007:
In Yemen, water is scarce. 40% of irrigation water goes to grow the drug khat, widely used by Yemenis, with farmers receiving 20 times the return they would growing potatoes.
A survey reveals that 6 out of 10 Americans knew the iPhone release date, compared with 2 out of 10 who were able to locate Israel on a map.
2008:
In the 1970s a CEO was paid roughly 40 times as much as the average worker. By the beginning of the 21st century, however, CEOs were making 367 times the salary of an average worker.
2009:
After being bailed out by the US government, AIG announces it will pay its top executives $165m in bonuses. Both Democrats and Republicans are shocked and angered by the announcement.
2010:
Ove 230,000 die in an earthquake in Haiti.
The ILO also estimates that 39% of the workforce lives below the poverty line, earning less than $2 a day. This is about 1.2bn people worldwide.
2011:
Mexican deaths linked to drug-related violence reach 34,000 people since the beginning of the war on drugs initiated by Mexican President Felipe Calderon in 2006.
10 Years That Shook the World is a very intriguing concept – evaluating the most important events of each year from 2001 to 2011 and listing them in order of most important to least in terms of overall impact on the world. It looks at global events: war, changing technology, natural disasters, economics, and politics and shows what relevance they have had to the world. The intriguing part is that Loretta Napoleoni has used the concept of one of the biggest influences of the decade to relay her research: Each event she mentions is kept to roughly 140 characters of information.
Napoleoni intended for this book to be a quick run through of the last decade for those who, like me, were in school and may have missed/not understood some of what was happening in the world. It is world events at their most basic, but they provide a great overview of events and do a great job of showing the cause of effect of most of them.
There were some events that I had missed the importance of, or missed all together, and some events that seemed even more horrible on page. I have included some below:
2003:
Over 25,000 people die in an earthquake in Iran
In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, an estimated 11m people around the world take their rage to the streets to protest against the looming war. It is the largest protest in human history.
Widespread looting follows the fall of Saddam Hussein. Despite international warnings, US forces choose not to protect the Baghdad Museum and other important sites.
The Iraqi museum’s collections include some of most precious objects from the dawn of human civilisation. As a result, thousands of historical items are stolen.
Three of the Bush administration’s most senior cultural advisors resign in protest.
With over 200,000 songs when launched, iTunes sells more than 1m downloads in the US in just two weeks; by 2008 the iTunes store would become the top music vendor in America.
2004:
The aid raised amounts to an estimated $7,100 per victim (of the Southeast Asia tsunami), as compared to flood victims in Bangladesh the same year, who received only $3 per victim.
2007:
In Yemen, water is scarce. 40% of irrigation water goes to grow the drug khat, widely used by Yemenis, with farmers receiving 20 times the return they would growing potatoes.
A survey reveals that 6 out of 10 Americans knew the iPhone release date, compared with 2 out of 10 who were able to locate Israel on a map.
2008:
In the 1970s a CEO was paid roughly 40 times as much as the average worker. By the beginning of the 21st century, however, CEOs were making 367 times the salary of an average worker.
2009:
After being bailed out by the US government, AIG announces it will pay its top executives $165m in bonuses. Both Democrats and Republicans are shocked and angered by the announcement.
2010:
Ove 230,000 die in an earthquake in Haiti.
The ILO also estimates that 39% of the workforce lives below the poverty line, earning less than $2 a day. This is about 1.2bn people worldwide.
2011:
Mexican deaths linked to drug-related violence reach 34,000 people since the beginning of the war on drugs initiated by Mexican President Felipe Calderon in 2006.
December 28, 2012
We are in a state of information and media overload, which makes it difficult to cut through to the truth, see the patterns and understand the lies. This book gives the events of the past 10 years to me in black and white, in a short and concise manner. And now I see everything: politics, policies, environmental changes and social movement, more clearly. Turn off the tv, and read this instead.
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