But if globalisation is the most important change in the exercise of power in our age, then our increasing interdependence on each other is the key condition that governs our existence as individuals.

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In his new approach, Mr Forgan simulated a galaxy much like our own, allowing it to develop solar systems based on what is now known from the existence of so-called exoplanets in our galactic neighbourhood.

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This dynamic can be seen not just in economic life but in the evolution of all things, from cuisine, urbanization and legal systems to our own existence as a species on this planet.

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But they could also help him (and me) to put a muzzle on the many naysayers (male and female, out in the world and even here on our very own site) who continue to deny the existence of the gender pay gap or any shred of discrimination in the workforce.

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The ability to have constant, portable access to all the information complied by human beings over all of our known existence at the touch of a button, while watching squirrels dance on YouTube.

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Our Droids, iPhones, and Kindles depend on spectrum to talk to the world, and the existence of robust competition among wireless network operators give Apple, Google, Amazon, and others leverage to build the kinds of devices they want and to get them into the hands of consumers.

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