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\nI want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth, says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through transportation, energy and communications networks, we evolve from geography to what he...\nI want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth, says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through transportation, energy and communications networks, we evolve from geography to what he calls \"connectography.\" This emerging global network civilization holds the promise of reducing pollution and inequality -- and even overcoming geopolitical rivalries. In this talk, Khanna asks us to embrace a new maxim for the future: \"Connectivity is destiny.\"\n
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20:34
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2016
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innovation, communication, cities, engineering, economics, transportation, collaboration, world cultures, society, pollution, politics, urban planning, south africa, north america, africa, countries, trade, asia, governments
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global development, potential, social change, global issues, big problems, green, infrastructure, visualizations, policy, war, map, mobility, community, history, future, humanity, environment, investment, internet, inequality, electricity grids, quantum leap, 21st century, megacity clusters, equally importantly, water canals, investment bank, supply chains, coming decade, gdp approaching, middle east, landlocked countries, functional geography, world war, political geography, asia infrastructure, network, 40 years, today, powers, build
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