Our World Is in a Communication Crisis
Journal: China and globalization
Year: 2021

The richness in communication networks is deepening divisions and mistrust between nations. This trend is also corroding the cohesion of individual societies. If this erosion persists, it will create even more severe impediments for global society to change and introduce the measures needed to counter challenges such as climate change. Discord has been a dominant pattern in the history of humanity. However, past conflicts did not raise this to a threat of catastrophe for humanity, a threat that