The ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.

Perhaps by far the most important far-reaching effect of cultural globalization is the commercialization of culture, which has a disturbing impact on local people's existing values.

California's elevated standards and President Barack Obama's commitment to tackling climate change now look set to have a much more far-reaching effect on the car industry.