The Impact of Globalization on Humanity: Achievements and Challenges

Abduvaliyeva Jasmina Jahongir qizi

2nd-year student, Sociology Department,

Faculty of Social Sciences, Namangan State University

Group: SogAu-23

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of globalization on humanity, focusing on both its achievements and challenges. It highlights the positive aspects of globalization, including economic development, cultural exchange, technological progress, and advancements in the field of medicine. At the same time, the article addresses the negative consequences of globalization, such as economic inequality, environmental problems, the risk of losing national cultures, and cybersecurity issues. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of globalization in modern human life and discussing the need for effective strategies to manage its influence in a balanced and sustainable way.

Keywords

Globalization, Economic development, Cultural exchange, Social inequality, Innovation, Global challenges, Environmental problems, Technological progress, National culture, Cybersecurity

Introduction

In today’s world, globalization processes are increasingly integrating societies and penetrating all spheres of human life. While globalization creates new opportunities for humanity, it also gives rise to various challenges. Economic, cultural, and political relations among states are expanding, and the world is gradually forming into a single interconnected system. As a result of globalization, humanity has gained access to numerous opportunities. International trade has expanded, cultures have become closer to one another, and technological achievements have transformed daily life. However, globalization is not limited to positive outcomes alone. Alongside its benefits, it has also generated serious issues such as social inequality, environmental degradation, and the threat of losing national identity.

Main Part

Globalization has both advantages and disadvantages. One of its major achievements is the removal of trade barriers, which has led to increased interconnection among international markets. Through international institutions such as the World Trade Organization, trade agreements have become more accessible and efficient. Globalization also creates favorable conditions for the development of science and technology. With the help of the Internet, artificial intelligence, and mobile technologies, the world has become highly interconnected, and information exchange now takes place within seconds.

Moreover, globalization has expanded educational opportunities for students and researchers by providing access to international programs and studying abroad. In fields such as cinema, music, and sports, international events and festivals have accelerated cultural exchange. Global cooperation has also strengthened innovation and scientific collaboration across countries.

Despite these achievements, globalization has significant drawbacks. It has widened the gap between developed and developing countries, increasing global economic inequality. Environmental issues such as deforestation, climate change, and rising sea levels are among the negative consequences of global economic growth. In addition, migration processes associated with globalization have led to various social tensions and challenges in many societies.

Conclusion

In conclusion, globalization is an inseparable part of modern humanity, offering vast opportunities for development and progress. At the same time, its negative effects require careful management and regulation. Preserving national interests while promoting international cooperation, ensuring environmental sustainability, and reducing economic inequality are crucial for the future of humanity. A balanced and responsible approach to globalization will help maximize its benefits while minimizing its harmful consequences.

References

1. Martin. A fundamental work on the impact of globalization on society and state structures.

2. Thomas. A book on how globalization is shaping the modern world.

3. Monfred. A concise and clear guide to understanding globalization.

Abduvaliyeva Jasmina Jahongir qizi was born on July 29, 2005, in Qozokovul village, Norin district, Namangan region. She completed her secondary education at Secondary School No. 14 in her home village. Currently, she is a third-year student majoring in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Namangan State University.Jasmina’s goal is to become a highly qualified specialist in the social sciences and to contribute meaningfully to the development of society.

正义的马戏本人已被抛下，在此声明，离开我的舰队，无人道别，挣脱我那恶作剧的队伍，锯齿之刃在等候我炽热的巨龙，一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳，我脆弱的冰山，将我倾覆，末日倒计时在终点触发，忏悔的回声徒劳地试图弥合。一路上叮当摇响我新岁的铃铛，拆解无形的残忍伎俩，谁又能知晓，人类远离正义——更遑论信仰，恍惚与混乱化作奔逃的洪流，不可侵犯的角落阻碍了我的行旅，贞洁与仁慈，鲜少有人坚守，道德中滋生的鄙夷，我无从言说，诚然如此，正义——于那被误导者而言不过幻影，全能的神自会以其威能裁决。***************作者：埃及诗人_艾哈迈德·法鲁克·拜杜恩

（Ahmed Farooq Baidoon）

The Circus of Justice:

Jettisoned, the undersigned hereby,

Out of my fleet, no one say goodbye,

Untied from my prank bandwagon,

Serrated blade a waiting my ardent dragon,

Twice shy, once bitten, Iceberg of my frailty, thereby I am smitten,

Countdown of doomsday triggered at the end,

Echoes of repentance vainly on the mend.

Jingle my new yearly bell on the go,

Unravel unseen brutal tricks, who might know,

Stranded humanity from righteousness—let alone a creed,

Trance and turmoil manifested stampede,

Inviolable nook impeded my ride,

Chastity and charity,

by which rare mob abide,

Engendered in morality disdain, I can’t tell,

It was so,

Justice—be it a phantom for that misled,

The Almighty divinity wills his might instead.***************

By the Egyptian Poet_Ahmed Farooq Baidoon

Don’t Bet on it!

Most tech-savy persons are familiar with the term “handle.” Its use dates back to the 1970s, when it described the on-air identity of a CB radio user.

Remember “BJ and the Bear?” No? Just as well. More recently a handle refers to the amount of money wagered on an event carried on an online sportsbook or betting site.The impact of online sportsbooks is a function of the behavioral changes brought about by the very existence of online gaming, which is a less-insidious-sounding euphemism for gambling.

Today, millionaire celebrities appear online or on television, waxing eloquently on the probable good fortune of the online gambler. Numbering among these are songbirds Drake and Vanessa Hudgens and socialite Paris Hilton.

Others include comedian Kevin Hart, actor and singer Jamie Foxx and comedian Chris Rock. Former NBA star and basketball commentator Charles Barkley and soccer superstar Lionel Messi help fill out the ranks of the well-to-do proponents of gambling.

Significantly, these beautiful and successful, but vulgar shills do not hasten to explain the risks of online gambling and their sometimes debilitating counterpart of problem gambling and gambling addiction. (1.4% of gamblers, or 80 million persons world-wide are gambling addicts).

Gambling promoters say nothing of foreclosed mortages (An individual’s 10% increase in spending on gambling accounts for a 97.5% increase in incidence of a missed payment) or hungry families sitting around a barren supper table.

Nor do they mention the increased incidence of domestic violence (One study found that 37 percent of people experiencing a gambling problem have perpetrated intimate partner violence). Although online gambling is nobly marketed to an adult clientele, minors surreptitiously gamble as well.

Ten percent of teens have gambled online in the past year.Of that number, 26 percent are at risk for disorders, a far higher proportion than among adults. Teens’ behavior often mirrors that of their parents.

According to one study, a single gambler’s problem behavior can metastasize its effects, impacting six to eight additional people, including family, co-workers, friends, and employers. So man (or woman) is not an island unto himself.

Recent statistics show that Americans wager upwards of $150 billion per year on online gambling, with a profit for the owners of sportsbooks in excess of $7.5 billion. This accounts for the corporate and celebrity avarice.

And the handle is expected to increase to an otherworldly $700 billion by 2028. At this point, more than 2/3 of states have given the nod to online gambling. Why? For decades, states eschewed legalization of gambling, citing the very real pernicious effects of the practice.

However, since state governments began exacting a percentage of the profits as a new stream of state revenue, they’ve begun to see the light. New York garners more than $3 billion per year in revenue which, until the Supreme Court legalized online betting in 2018, was unavailable to their grasping, greedy little fingers.

Legal gambling essentially began with the proliferation of lotteries. Today, if you walk into a convenience store to buy a newspaper or a coffee, and you’ll be forced in wait in a lengthy line servicing “Lotto,” “Powerball” and all the rest.

And who can forget the 60+-year-old retirees who squander their retirement checks on the allure of scratch-off tickets. In 2024, Americans spent more than $100 billion on lottery tickets.

And here’s a salient fact that no one ever seems to pay attention to: gambling–all gamblng–is set up to make the house the winner. The odds and margins are simply with them, by design. 

Legal gambling has a systemically racist aspect as well. A 2022 study of Ohio gamblers showed that 32% of Blacks in that state who gambled, met the criteria for a gambling disorder. That’s compared to just 18% of white people from the same region.

A disproportionate percentage of gambling ads target African Americans. This economic fact is compounded by the reality that more Blacks are impoverished than other races.

Ads promulgate the feel-good high of following a scheme for apparent financial success, while stressing none of the downside. This puts such African American proponents of gambling even more in the spotlight.

Take Chris Rock, who banters a mile-a-minute on the positivity of gambling. Or his fellow multi-millionaire Charles Barkley, who’ll never know what the consequences of a missed car payment will feel like. Or Jamie Foxx, dazzling television viewers as he struts about on camera in a glittering suit which probably cost more than the cars that 90% of Americans drive.

Shills for legal gambling are the sorts of persons who, 60 years ago, would’ve been starring in ads for cigarettes. And 20 years from now, they’ll be featured in ads for legalized prostitution, cocaine and heroin.

What a racket! Will you be one of the rare lucky ones, and cash in on legal gambling?

Don’t bet on it!

DON’T GROW UP

Though I have so often wished to make that turn,

if I could, spin the car round, not let each second

take me further from what I didn’t see in time,

the years have taught me not to regret the one that got away,

the one I didn’t choose, the view the trees wouldn’t let me see.

I’ve learnt to see through the assumption the opposite to what I’ve got would have been worth having,

like girls I let slip I shouldn’t have.

I’ve lived enough not to stare too long in the rear-view mirror,

images of longing, too tardy reflection.

I’m too grown up to suspect an alternative could be better,

a happiness parallel to the lot one’s born with exists.

Only, one time, a day or two ago, or maybe decades past, when an extra clearing in the wood gave me a second chance,

and, in an unexpected burst of sunlight, the others agreed to stop,

I walked enraptured, in the warm evening,

amidst the heather in undulating terrain

with a mix of colours I could mumble and jumble

to my heart’s content, and can, even now.

I might learn the simple tale that wistful dreams,

the stab in the heart that I should have tried harder,

and taken that turning into what looked like a splash of paradise,

can, if I never quite grow up, lead somewhere.

LIFE

On finishing a poem, its latest churlish redrafting,

clicking off the page, closing the file,

I recall, from an eternity ago, a time when,

I suppose, I turned the page over, closed the book,

laid down my pencil,

paused, looked up.

It has a feel. A taste. A smell.

A presence.

I recall what a time and place felt like.

It was in Italy. I was a teenager.

Grandmother

and aunts littered the place.

An uncle or two.That moment comes back.

Its curious plastic-like perfume.

A dead second or so is reanimated.

I feel most alive when I kick over my charred remains,

and observe a flicker, or two.

RAMBLING

Land stretching out below to one side,

the sun warms me as I snake by fences

and along curves of trodden earth.

I turn round to watch him and his dogs

striding along the footpath, outpacing me,

the dips in the fields cancelling him out,

only for him to reappear as I keep looking back.

I saw some minutes ago a man

loitering by a clump of trees, waiting,

I hadn’t spotted till I was close.

Trees and bushes, fields and country paths

can be scary places. 

No longer alone as you had thought,

you find yourself in a large, large space with nowhere to hide.

Alan Hardy has for many years run an English language school for foreign students (in UK). He’s been published in such magazines as Ink Sweat & Tears, Envoi, Iota, Poetry Salzburg, The Interpreter’s House, Littoral, Orbis, South, Pulsar, Lothlorien, 100subtexts, Fixator, Chewers, Feversofthemind, Suburban Witchcraft and others. Poetry pamphlets Wasted Leaves (1996) and I Went with Her (2007). Though he has just recently started submitting again (after a little pause), he has always kept writing (and reading) poems.

Not Much of a Poem

Why does every poet have a poem

called “poem,” and why do empty bottles

seem more poetic than anything

I ever called a “poem”? 

Metaphorical drowning a joy

like a first drink on a Friday night,

but also the sort of death that feels as if it should rhyme.

On my best mornings, I’m a puddle

in love with its own evaporation,

while the sun writes a ‘Dear John’ letter

all over my closed eyes.

SAD

Winter nights the colour of whisky

because it’s better than darkness

telling the same story about shortening days and snow

clean as a funeral shroud.

Happiness an empty glass,

while blacked out laughter

better than another evening

remembering there’s less and less light

and how my bed is inviting like a grave.

Background Noise

Better than silence,

and even if it doesn’t know

my name and can never learn it,

it welcomes me and this poem home,

along with so many others

who believe they’re louder

than they are.  

My Nyotaimori Girl

My American geisha,
burlesque cirque artisan.
Tranquil repose,
tapestry, platter of flesh.
Living canvas…
Raven hair Beachy twisted,
alabaster pseudo-funereal mask.
Amethyst plain,
pregnant with fuchsia teardrop.
Oracular seer…
Five piece Dynamite Roll necklace,
Fantasy Roll pendant.
Four piece Firecracker Roll,
a contour line denoting the breastial valley.
Voluptuous siren…
Two piece Hot Night Roll,
a tiara atop each roseate nipple throne.
Six piece Kamikaze Roll,
a covering for mons pubis.
Erotic missive…
Corpus supine,
enveloped by vermilion roses and argent orchids.
Victorious renaissance samurai’s,
celebratory reward.
Radiant altar…

Someone To Speak For Me

 It is useless knowing a language anymore

when there are computers to know it for you.

I am forgetting the keyboard keys.

I am forgetting my name

and the name of the screen.

I do not need it. I do not need

to know what I do not know.

Query the word for words for my open mouth.

Hello I am leaving hello right

here on the inside of my

—

and thought I would give you an updated bio:

Noah Berlatsky (he/him) is a freelance writer in Chicago. You can find info on his poetry collections and chapbooks, as well as his writing on politics and culture, at his newsletter: Everything Is Horrible.