More generally, the Internet gives a sense of vastness to the world’s economic activity that was never available before. The ability to communicate via e-mail to everyone in the world creates a sense of the world’s smallness relative to the abundance of people in it.
例如，试着在YouTube上搜一搜格林兰冰川。更多的是，互联网使人们意识到世界经济活动达到前所未有的巨大规模。能通过电子邮件和世界上各个角落的人交流使人感到世界相对于其大量的人口来说是多么的渺小。