Going back to the idea that technology is fueling globalisation the book J Scholte (2000, p99) raises an interesting point of how the invention of many things such as the telephone (1876), the wireless radio (1895) and the digital computer in 1946 have helped to fuel capitalism (which I am currently looking at in relation to globalisation) thus in turn has furthered globalisation.

This technological advancement 'provided much of the infrastructure that globalisation needed'

I have a friend that I keep in touch with regularly who does not live in the country. Without these technological advancements such as the computer and the internet I would not be able to keep in contact as easily and immediately. If the world was not globalised it would have been far more difficult.