1. social life
   1. virtual community
      1. new impressions(from other countries)
      2. exchange between scientists
         1. growing life expectancy
         2. less child mortality
2. politics
   1. international organizations
      1. non-governmental organizations(NGOs)
      2. global solutions
   2. influence on economy
      1. liberalization
      2. free-trade agreements
   3. protectionism
   4. improvement of relationships between countries
3. economy
   1. multinational corporation
   2. tertiarization -> service economy
      1. incomes
   3. job market
      1. global nomads
         1. new jobs
      2. international mobility
         1. access to skilled labour
         2. brain drain
      3. outsourcing
         1. effectiveness
      4. availability of education
   4. international trade
      1. containerization
         1. tranist time
         2. turnaround time
         3. feeder trafic
            1. infrastructure
      2. rising worlwide affluence
         1. lower prices for end consumer
      3. bigger chances for startups
         1. bigger customer base
4. ecology
   1. innovation
   2. monocultures
      1. soil exhaustion
      2. self-sufficiency
   3. robber economy
   4. fossile energy sources
      1. greenhouse effect
      2. ozone layer
      3. strategic oil/petroleum reserves
   5. sustainability
   6. fair trade
      1. new products get known gloablly
5. internationalization
   1. cultural exchange
   2. migration
      1. homogenity (communities)
      2. (search for )cultural identity
      3. counter demographic problems
   3. internet
      1. internet censorship
      2. social networking sites
      3. access to internet
         1. digital divide
      4. information availability
         1. awareness of global issues
   4. westernization
   5. globalization critic
      1. anti-war movement
      2. Occupy movement