I know everybody is connected, the world is flat, and all that… but still. Most of the time, personally, I don’t feel so terribly connected to all the people in the world. And I suspect this holds true for lots of other people as well, in places like let’s say Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Or Bumfuck, Nebraska. But then, something happens, something small, and you’re amazed about how the world really is a global village. Case in point: I got a friend request on Facebook. From a guy in Algeria. I thought: Hey, who might that be? Having visited Algeria last …