I used to worry about the homogenising effect of modern culture – the fact that every shopping malI the world over is selling the same brand dominated tat – and I would still bemoan the loss of diverse and fascinatingly different cultures.
And yet…
…here I am, sitting on the harbour front in Hong Kong, watching Chinese girls wearing ripped jeans taking selfies, and wondering if this will make it harder to start wars with countries whose daughters also wear ripped jeans…