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Re:History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021) by DonHopkins on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:37PM (#31509471)
For most people it's just means-to-end principle.

By "everybody thinks locally and acts globally" are you making fun of all that old hippie shit?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_globally,_act_locally

Announcement: The new official slogan is "act globally, act locally". Please update your programs.

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Re:History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021) by gumby on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:42PM (#31509528)
Yes, regardless of ideals, I think my formulation is accurate. Nobody thinks of the polar bears when they drive their SUV a mile to pick up a loaf of bread.
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Re:History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021) by DonHopkins on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:44PM (#31509562)
So "think provincially, act catastrophically". ;)

This classic 1973 paper by W Wulf and Mary Shaw of CMU was the manifesto of the early anti-globalization movement:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/953353.953355

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