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Borders, Barriers or Bridges?

[This article relates to Craig's "What's the Big Idea?" segment on Western Reserve PBS's NEOtropolis Tuesday 2-7-12 @ 9:00 PM on NEOtropolis.org]

As I write this article on the eve of the NEOtropolis Episode "Phantom Borders", I can't help but reflect on the fact that today, February 6, 2012 the U.S. Embassy closed it's doors in Damascus, and our diplomats race back home to safety.  

While Western powers push for a tough UN resolution against Syria - Russia and China veto the Resolution.

Russia, China, The U.S., Saudi Arabia and others... all in a debate over approach, principles and their own interests.

Meanwhile yesterday, 173 million people and 11 billion dollars spell, "Super Bowl".

So: This time, "What's the Big Idea?" isn't so much about a Big Idea as it's a Big (set of) Question(s).

What's New(s)? - The Convergence of Information - Part 2

[This article relates to Craig's (who?) appearance on the "What's the Big Idea?" segment of Western Reserve PBS's NEOtropolis, Tuesday 1-24-12 @ NEOtropolis.org]

On January 24, 2012 the "So What's the Big Idea?" segment of NEOtropolis dipped into the pool of information & news - to explore the Convergence of Information.

Just as technology has converged (you remember the Convergence of Technology - right?)... It looked something like: