At work.
Ah. Sounds like you're thinking along the lines of Niven and Pournelle's proposed 'Flat land'.
In their setting it was instant telleportation that allowed all the worlds cultures to eventually bleed/blend down to a planet wide kind of grey.
While language barriers might slow such down..... perhapse the intetnet is serving the purpose of Niven and Pournelle's fictitious transporter?
Ah. Sounds like you're thinking along the lines of Niven and Pournelle's proposed 'Flat land'.
In their setting it was instant telleportation that allowed all the worlds cultures to eventually bleed/blend down to a planet wide kind of grey.
While language barriers might slow such down..... perhapse the intetnet is serving the purpose of Niven and Pournelle's fictitious transporter?