GEO 609 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Global City, Eastern Canada, Standing Army
20 Apr 2017
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Reflection on documentary: blackberries being popular due to the security (government bodies using it, obama king of drones, flaws of documentary; generalized arguments. Careless: jane jacobs an economist and urban activist & scholar from nyc published a book. World city research may be showing that the alphas and high betas are decoupling from their regions because of incredible connection to the city as opposed to the region: ex. Frail and doesn"t last very long like a statute or army. Has some lasting and influence over distance like having an email or phone call [bigger reach] Print and newspapers constantly having control over their economies. Hieroglyphics too in egypt in the egyptian tombs. Standing armies (time binding communication) lasts as long as it"s directly influencing the audience. Ex. professor having control over students in classroom and different strategies and relatively influential (listening: each having different results and influences on the audiences.
