SCS 1150 Lecture 6: Week 3 Lecture Notes
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What was life like centuries ago: you knew everyone within your community, you had access to nothing else. How was this changed: travel for trade, books, articles, internet teaches us about others & helps us connect with others. You could impact people in positive or negative ways. What is cosmopolitanism? familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures. The main issue is that this cosmopolitanism is that after this person learns all about these cultures and backgrounds, they might start to pick favourites and discredit the ones they don"t really connect with. They"re people that understand the needs of the outside communities but they also never forget their roots, always there for everyone. They bridge the gap between the international and the local. If you"re a citizen of the world, you see everyone as branches all from the same family. (1) you have obligation to others ex.