Throughout this essay the author shows multiple ways in which Americans ignore the rest of the world and are only concerned with what is going on in the United States. I find this particularly interesting. Many people feel that Globalization is just a mask for Americanization and the rest of the world is only influenced by American culture. Yet when we turn on our Japanese TV’s, start our German cars, wear our shirts made in Indonesia, put on our shoes from China, and eat Mexican food for lunch, we can see how the rest of the world has influenced and changed American culture just as much as American culture is changing other nation’s cultures. Despite all of these facts the author states the sad truth that Americans still tune out the rest of the world because they feel there is nothing of importance outside of America. Most Americans still feel that the Pacific and Atlantic will forever separate us from the rest of the world. Clearly from our restaurants, clothes, cars, and technology the oceans have not held up their end of the bargain. Globalization is making the world “flat” and interconnected and all countries are somehow connected in this new world and the oceans, borders, and mountains no longer separate countries. Because this is all true, it amazes me that less foreign news is covered in today’s world, less students study foreign languages, and Americans no less about the rest of the world than what the rest of the world does about us. Living in a land full of diversity and foreigners, Americans should have the responsibility of knowing more about the rest of the world than they do. I feel that the media should be blamed the most for this. What we see on the news, read in the newspaper, or hear on the radio is what most Americans know about the world. The media needs to spend less time talking about Britney Spears and dedicate more air time to stories that actually matter to everyday Americans. Because of our role as the most powerful nation and the most diverse nation in the world, American citizens should know the most about the rest of the world instead of the sad, vice versa truth. In short, it is obvious the oceans no longer separate us from the world and the world is becoming more integrated on a daily basis. This means that Americans should learn more about the rest of the world so we don’t someday fall behind on what is going on in the world.