From Thomas Paine’s Corner
By Anwaar Hussain

All indicators are that the rapidly emerging global civilization is here and here to stay, the teething-pains resistance offered by nationalistic, patriotic or religious forces not withstanding. The beginning of a global society may now be considered unavoidable.

Trends other than the American Neoconservative led Empire building gamble, like the growing integration of the world’s economies and their increasing inter-dependence, the ever-rising blending of international social and cultural systems, and the proliferation of space-shrinking new technologies, are the prima facie confirmation of this new reality.

Will this new age, when it does finally get on toward its absolute shape, eventually embody humanity’s darkest fears or its most cherished hopes? Will it be our eternal Garden of Eden or will we have created a hell on earth forever to live in.

The question before humanity thus is how to manage the transition to the inevitable global society in a way that mankind’s long-sought vision for an era of peace and prosperity is realized — rather than the nightmare of a planet gone berserk because the human race failed to take the next necessary step in social evolution in an orderly manner.

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