Matt Harding's Connecting To A Global Tribe

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In Matt Harding’s video and essay, Connecting to a Global Tribe, he argues although our brains may not be ready, globalization demands they grow. Firstly, Mr. Harding begins his essay by saying, “people want to feel connected to each other,” meaning humans want to create a bond with each other. In order to create these bonds though, people must educate themselves by experiencing new cultures and meeting new people, which often leads to feeling uncomfortable. Although Harding states people want to feel connected, he says when his social network begins to grow, “... I start to get overwhelmed,” most likely due to the fact that new experiences or experiences different from the ‘norm’ tend to alarm people because it’s unknown territory. Naturally,