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1 " It is time to re-imagine how life is organized on Earth. We’re accelerating into a future shaped less by countries than by connectivity. Mankind has a new maxim – Connectivity is destiny – and the most connected powers, and people, will win. "
― Parag Khanna , Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
2 " Cities are mankind's most enduring and stable mode of social organization, outlasting all empires and nations over which they have presided. "
3 " Competitive connectivity is the arms race of the twenty-first century. "
4 " Global order is no longer something that can be dictated or controlled from the top down. Globalization is itself the order. "
5 " The five largest criminal syndicates—Japan’s Yakuza, the Russian Bratva, Italy’s Camorra and ’Ndrangheta, and Mexico’s Sinaloa—have globalized the reach of their operations and rake in an estimated $1 trillion per year as they bridge the supply and demand for rhino horns, counterfeit currency, synthetic drugs, and prostitutes. "