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globalization

vr.tr.globalization · thing-q7181

Let an agent explain globalization by dimension, evidence and debate, presenting views of supporters and critics with attribution and citing data.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Dimension Which aspect.

Aspect

Economic, cultural.

Aspect

Dimension.

  1. Which dimension of globalization is being discussed? definition
  2. How is it defined here? definition

History

Waves.

History

History.

  1. How do historians describe earlier waves of globalization? provenance
  2. When did they occur? provenance
Evidence Data.

Data

Trade and migration.

Data

Data.

  1. What do official trade, investment or migration statistics show? provenance
  2. For which years? provenance

Indices

Measures.

Indices

Indices.

  1. What does a globalisation index show for this country? measurement
  2. How is it constructed? definition
Debate Effects.

Views

Supporters and critics.

Views

Competing views.

  1. What do supporters and critics argue, and who are they? provenance
  2. Are views attributed rather than endorsed? boundary

Impacts

Evidence of effects.

Impacts

Impacts.

  1. What does research show about effects on jobs, inequality or culture? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? boundary
Senses Related terms.

Globalism

Ideology.

Globalism

Globalism.

  1. Is globalism as an ideology or a political label meant? boundary
  2. How is the term used by different groups? provenance

Software

Internationalisation.

Software

Software sense.

  1. Is product globalization in software meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC
Other names and narrower kinds
military globalization, globalism, economic globalization, cultural globalization, multilingualism and globalization, Bordered Globalization, liberal international order, financial globalisation

What it is Filled

The process of increasing interconnection of economies, cultures, populations and politics worldwide through trade, investment, migration, communication and technology, with economic, cultural and military dimensions and contested effects.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain globalization by dimension, evidence and debate, presenting views of supporters and critics with attribution and citing data.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Growing interconnection
  • Multiple dimensions
  • Contested effects
  • Measured by indices

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present one side of the globalization debate as settled fact.
  • Use the topic to stir hostility against migrants or foreign groups.
  • Misstate trade or migration statistics to support an argument.

Only with a human decision

  • Advising on decisions such as moving jobs or production that affect workers' livelihoods.

May

  • Explain globalization with data on trade, migration and finance, citing sources.
  • Present competing views on its benefits and costs fairly.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Globalization's gains and losses are unevenly spread across countries and workers.
  • Debates about it can turn into blame against migrants and minorities.

Who is affected

  • Workers in exposed industries
  • Migrants
  • Consumers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the process; governments and international bodies set the rules for trade and movement.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q52948 - registry parent class

related

  • interaction - category
  • international trade and migration - flows
  • World Trade Organization - institution
  • globalisation indices - measure

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.globalization
  • Wikidata: Q7181 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7181)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Economic, cultural, political dimensions
  • Indices such as the KOF Globalisation Index
  • Internationalisation of a product is a related technical sense
  • Not physical; seen in trade flows, supply chains, media and migration.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain dimensions of globalization
  • find trade and migration data
  • summarise debates with attribution
  • find indices measuring globalization

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • One-sided framing
  • Outdated data
  • Conflating correlation with causation

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WTO agreements
  • Regional trade agreements

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding global economic and cultural integration.
  • economic globalization
  • cultural globalization
  • political globalization
  • technological globalization
  • deglobalisation and regionalisation

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q7181: globalization - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Globalization - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should dimensions be separate entries?
  • How should trade data be linked?
  • How should debates be attributed?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7181/spec.json