“And in this age of interdependence the development problems of any country are affected, directly or indirectly, by a crisis in any other place” (Selassie, 1969, p. 197). This quote helps to synthesize the discussion of collaboration. Haile Selassie had a vision of global interdependence. His vision was for world peace and collective security through all nations working together to resolve each other’s problems.
Howard Rheingold in the 2008 TED video, “Howard Rheingold on Collaboration” (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html), provides an example of how collaboration helped the evolution of human communication and social interaction. He takes the viewer on a historical journey of economic thought and practice. Rheingold uses the power of modern technology to illustrate how humans went from being hunter gathers, to subsistence farmers, and then to communities exchanging in modern commerce.
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I sound the trumpet of collaboration and now in the 21st century Howard Rheingold is using modern technology to report the echo.
References:
Rheingold, H. (2005, February). Howard Rheingold on collaberation [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html
Selassie, H. (1972). Speech from the throne (1969). Important utterances of H.I.M Emperor Haile Selassie I 1963-1972 (p. 197). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Imperial Ethiopian Ministry of Information.
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