Four Paradoxes Of Globalisation

A puzzle that troubled some philosophers in ancient Greece and ancient India was this : how could Plurality, that is, the 'Many', emerge from Unity, that is, the 'One'?; and this puzzle seems to haunt the set of contradictory forces that go by the umbrella-term of Globalisation.

(a) Globalisation has united the world only to fragment it yet further.

(b) Globalisation has dispelled local fears only to give rise to trans-national paranoias.

(c) Globalisation has produced a spate of information-overflow only to exhaust the sources of meaning.

(d) Globalisation places a high premium on rationality while debunking all forms of reason.