Globalization knows the price of everything but the value of nothing

Is globalization good or bad?
It depends.


Better offs-
globalization bring brands from different part of the world together.
As a consumer,
it is now easier to compare products and servises,
thus greater chance to get better purchasing decisions.
Also, globalization accelerates competition,
it encourage innovations and creativity of a company
in order to maintain market share.

Worse offs-
3rd world countries get left-behind FARTHER.
Global firms see PROFIT as their primary motivation.
The world is materialized SEVERELY.
INDIVIDUAL's existing value is depreciated.
LOCAL businesses' contributions are overlooked.
[the list goes on...]


Having said that,
I still appreciate the globalization process
as it really accesses me to most information that I can think of.


To balance out the worse offs,
it's not just the companies' but all of us's responsibilities to
LISTEN MORE
CARE MORE
ACT MORE
to those who need help.


[below: Lei Feng- a Chinese historical model of helping others]

^ funny pictures from http://thats-china.com/?cat=2


 Let's localize the world and appreciate values beyond the price tags!