Connecting With Others

Matt Harding wrote an essay called Connecting to a Global Tribe which talks about how people have small social networks, that don't expand over a lot of other people and places. We are often curious about other people, and places, but our brains weren't designed to comprehend a world that is so big filled with so many people. What started out as something just for fun with no real big purpose, he created a video of him doing a jig in countries around the world. Over 20 million people have
watched his video, resulting in two more videos that cover over 70 countries from all seven continents. People started asking if they could join him while he was doing his jig, which has led many people to be involved. Our social networks grow everyday, which can be stressful on our caveman brains as Matt Harding puts it. People who forget their differences are able to enjoy their life without worrying about their differences, which lets you focus on everyone's similarities. Our brains can relax, because you realize simple it is to just forget the differences and focus on the similarities. If people could come to realize that the differences just make everybody unique instead of scary and weird, I believe the world could be a better place.

I chose the image of people from different countries holding up the world because it shows that everyone can live and work together. I got the image on http://mywebsite.register.com/db4/00383/buildinghisdream.org/_uimages/holdingtheworld.jpg