Invisible Earth

To continue the theme of how partial our information can be when it comes to the world as it is represented through our media, there's an interesting article by Annalee Newitz ["a surly media nerd whose roof looks pretty clean from Google Earth"] over at Alternet in which she says: "It doesn't feel to me like Google Earth is making the spaces and relations of the world more obvious. I can see roads in Russia, but not Kenya. Hawaii is a snowstorm of information, but Gujarat is silent. Perhaps what Google Earth really shows us in stark relief is how many parts of the world are still invisible to people in the United States, where Google generates its Earth. From here, many parts of the globe are just blurs seen from high up and far away."
Further food for prayer and reflection...
AlterNet: Invisible Earth: