Today, there is less concern with land, gold or oil (although oil its still there and gold has been reduced to a 'collectible') than with the 'digital'. Computers, the Internet, the digital world has shown us that we no longer have our feet on the ground and that our concepts free-float across National boundaries on any one day. ( of course, we have to learn how to 'feet-float' instead of 'free-float) The land areas of the world expanded and connected with other areas and cultures. They made connections where there hadn't been any connections before. The world became larger so that it could later become 'smaller'. We now live in a 'smaller' world; a world connected by the electro-magnetic spectrum. Anyone can now communicate across National boundaries. Before the revolution with the electro-magnetic spectrum, the great motivators were land, gold and oil. From the Westward expansion, to the 'gold rush', then to the 'oil rush', those were reasons to go 'elsewhere'; even to go International. Now, the conditions and reasons for 'expanding' have greatly changed. The 'digital' moves in the 'opposite' direction. It moves to the 'integrity of the human condition'. At the same time it 'opens the door' to communicating with other human conditions. Of course, it also allows for just eliminating the 'Other' by focusing on the creation of weapons of mass-destruction. But, think of the possibility! If we could succeed in communicating the value system of a democracy i.e. the values of Freedom and Equality, how much 'better' we could form (across National boundaries) a "more perfect Union" of People. Of course, its not that simple! I know that! But the digital revolution has opened the door to 'expand' the lives of all human beings. And this process is not limited to politicians and Statesmen. No, all of us can play a part in the process because now, all of us can cross National boundaries with our 'talk'. Now, we can improve our own lives as well as the lives of 'Others'.