Our world is getting smaller and smaller.

The world is, in fact, getting more global.

But as virtual and real world experiences increasingly overlap there is a greater and greater potential for other people to feel the same way I do.

North Korea s Step Too Far?

And we live in a world which is connecting us more and more.

Ladies and gentlemen, the world has gotten smaller.

Increasingly, conflict and violence take place beyond the boundaries of conventional war.

Second, the world economy was becoming increasingly a service economy.

Since then, a growing number of green agreements have been signed throughout the world.

And we talk about the world flattens as being this panel, and I am very optimistic.

The fear is that the longer we delay any solution, the more the world will look to the U.S.

In fact, research has shown that the more the world is flat, if I use Tom Friedman's analogy, or global, the more and more people are wanting to be different.

Today, stories continue to transcend borders.

The future and the destinies of the citizens of every country in the world are increasingly linked.

And all around the world now you see more and more schools reinventing themselves.

The more global the world economy becomes, the greater the pressures on firms to globalize.

The sooner stability is brought to the region, the better it will be for that country and the rest of the world.

And one of these is boundary crossing.

And the farther you are away in distance, the longer it is in time from the initial blast and the more separation between you and the outside atmosphere, the better.

Compassion and human solidarity, which transcend state borders, will save the world.

They're closed more and more and more all around the world for the same reason, and I believe we shouldn't tolerate that either.

I'm an artist and an engineer, which is, increasingly, a more common kind of hybrid.

And I think that's symbolic of what we're seeing in the world in general, that the world is becoming smaller and smaller, and that all of the peoples in the world are enjoying more opportunities for connection.

We travel beyond the limitations of space as we know it, and beyond the limitations of time as we know it.

Because I believe that film has the ability to take you across borders.

Because, as the World Economic Forum noted, smaller gender gaps are directly correlated with increased economic competitiveness.

It transcends nation, the gender, the age.

This has been evidenced by the increasing trade of energy crossing borders before reaching final consumers.

There is undoubtedly a growing role for development assistance in the current world context.

More and more, we are asking regional organizations to contribute to peacekeeping operations throughout the world.

Regional organizations in different parts of the world are taking on greater and greater responsibilities in the area of peacebuilding.

Mining beyond the approved limits of mining areas or seams shall be forbidden.

Though the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and challenges are no longer confined to national or even regional borders, major powers are increasingly reluctant to assume global responsibilities. Worse, given their frequent unwillingness to accommodate one another s interests, impasses even clashes become likely.

It means that we extended cooperation across national boundaries we made the world more cooperative.

Nevertheless, the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) account for a growing proportion of the portfolio.

Noting the growing socio economic importance of tourism all over the world, especially in developing countries,

The challenge is to apply these insights in a world characterized by global economic interdependence, major imbalances, and a worsening growth and employment problem. It is a world in which economies are connected directly in the tradable sector of the global economy, and indirectly through the demand and employment linkages between the tradable and non tradable sectors of individual economies.

Deploring the increasing difficulties met by the press in expressing itself freely since the serious incidents of April 2000,

Migration movements were increasingly recognized as a transboundary issue requiring multilateral and international cooperative action.

This year's draft resolution recognizes that the work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will become increasingly significant as more States initiate the process of establishing the boundaries of their continental shelves.

And cartoons can cross boundaries, as you have seen.

Doing whatever you like is now crossing a line.

Paragraph 5 of resolution 1526 (2004) trans border movement of currency

Now I really think as the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.

Because as we've heard all week at TED, the world's getting to be a smaller place with more people in it who want more and more stuff.