Editing Global Age

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The '''Global Age''' is a new phase of the [[Information Age]], beginning in the year [[2009]]. <ref>http://decadeology.wetpaint.com/page/Ages</ref>

This age, which is just beginning, is defined by the decline of both [[United States|American]] and [[Russia]]n influence on the now [[global economy]]. <ref>http://decadeology.wetpaint.com/page/Global+Age</ref>

==Backdrop: Early Information Age (1970-2008)==

Beginning around [[1970]] <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/information-age</ref>, [[computers]] made the distribution of information much faster and easier.

When the [[21st century]] began, this linked economies so tightly that each became dependent on the other, and cultural exchange between nations was no longer limited in any way by distance.

==Beginning of a Global Society==

The [[World Wide Web]] expanded extremely quickly, being invented in [[1989]] and having 1 billion users only 20 years later. <ref>http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006899</ref>

The [[Great Recession]] affected the entire world, causing world leaders, including [[Barack Obama]], to meet at the [[2009 G-20 London summit]] and create a [[new world order]] to regulate the economy. <ref>http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090402/tbs-finance-economy-g20-summit-e65dddb.html</ref>

[[Multiculturalism]] became both widely popular and widely criticized in the [[2000s]]. [[Generation Y]] has been said to be supportive of multiculturalism. <ref>http://www.todaysgardencenter.com/pdf/gta_200602.pdf</ref>

==Changes==

*[[Immigration]] has become both more common, and more difficult.

*Places such as [[Europe]] are becoming largely multicultural for the first time in history.

*[[Global warming]] has proven to be happening at a much faster pace. <ref>http://www.wetsand.com/blogs/blog/20080920/arctic_sea_ice_may_be_gone_by_2030-497.html</ref>

*[[Information overload]]

==See also==

*[[Information Age]]
*[[Barack Obama]]
*[[World Wide Web]]
*[[Late 2000s recession]]

==References==

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[[Category:21st century]]
[[Category:Historical eras]]
[[Category:Information Age]]
[[Category:Globalization]]