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The permanence of owning things doesn’t exist,” Zogby says. “The permanence of living somewhere doesn’t exist. The permanence of getting a job and holding on to that job for the next 40 years doesn’t exist.
Because: And here is the second article I have read today related to abroad experience that I identify closely with and, therefore, am blogging. I think some of the ideas expressed are a little extremist, even including the above quote, though I do agree with it to some degree. I think what would have tempered the story would have been to include interviews with people who have prioritized global experience, but who are not necessarily looking to become foreign service agents or something of the like. It is those individuals who really point toward this trend’s arrival, and I know plenty.
That concept of “shared fate” detailed in the story? I think that has a lot to do with the world “being flat;” the digital age making so much accessible.
‘Globals’ Generation Focuses on Experience
