Though international conflict is causing most of us to pay more attention to the world's traditional superpower than we might like, the voices speaking out against this conflict are not the product of any single nation, but rather, of a "second superpower" characterized by the "will of the people" in a global social movement. Now I've attracted glares in the boardroom when I've talked about the connections between a learning object economy and the voices of the people protesting in the streets of Seattle. But you know what? It doesn't matter. Because, first, if you don't see the connection then you don't understand the new economy, the new culture, at all. And second, because I know that when I speak, even in such rarified climes, about our common objectives, "a broad agenda that includes social development, environmentalism, health, and human rights," I know that I speak not with my own voice but with the voices of a hundred million people. Thus empowered, I can do anything. Anything at all.
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