“The Flat World” with free movement of thoughts and ideas is a tough process of change. Major changes in history seems to be tough. Friction zones between cultures and regimes have appeared frequently over resent years;
As predicted in "The Clash of Cultures", an important friction zone is between the Muslim world and the western world.
The Muslim World and the Western World; How far apart?
Is this a “clash of cultures” or an easier conflict of interests? Are we discussing differences in fundamental thoughts, values and beliefs? The trigger to conflict is far more obvious; The Have-a-lot against The-Have-nothing.
Hopefully the Arab revolt in 2011 is part of a process updating Arab societies to 21st century transparency and democracy, with better distribution of wealth. Then we can all accept and live with the differences in culture.
Anders, Gjøvik, Norway
