John McTernan writes a reflective piece for 'The Scotsman' - Building on devolution.
In this article John asks three questions about Scotland, the third of which I am quoting:
"what now forms our identity? Underlying the nationalist analysis is an assumption that modern identity is still bound up with a nineteenth century notion of the nation state: my country, right or wrong. That certainly seems to fit most Scots over thirty, amongst many of whom there can be no greater sin than to support England in a World Cup. But for the younger, rising generations identity seems to be far more fluid. On the one hand globalisation of brands, music and entertainment offers a range of public identities by affinity. On the other, new forms of communication - the internet and mobile phones - create new identities along community of interest and these transcend territorial boundaries. The knowledge economy is sometimes described as the weightless economy because work which is digitised can be instantly transmitted globally. In parallel, a form of weightless identity is becoming established. There are still clear territorial loyalties, even amongst younger people. Increasingly, however, these are to sub-national localities, predominantly to cities."
K-Collector Topics: mobile phones Music Writing United Nations Knowledge Economy