Now that the Great Depression has lasted nearly two years, and the world at large has become seriously accustomed to it, the effect upon popular habits and thoughts is already perceptible. Broadcasting has become an important means of mental communication between man and man, and between country and country. The broadcaster speaks to willing listeners in all parts of Western Europe, and is heard gladly. Men talk together across national frontiers, and learn to know each other better. The queer little dialects of provincialism are dying out, and a uniform language is rising phoenix-like from their ashes. News from America reaches us more quickly than in former times, and we are learning to understand American politics and social questions. All this tends to make the world a smaller place than it used to be, and to bring about a greater similarity of ideas among its inhabitants.
Original dispatch: Tech Now