The novel, “The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization’s Rough Landscape”, by Harm De Blij has taught me many things ranging from medical aspects to cultural problems within countries all around Earth. De Blij taught me as the world is “flattening” we are being able to connect easier to different places all over the world, but as the world is “flattening” cities are becoming less like the ones around them and more like different cities across the globe. As these cities are becoming less and less like their own countries, it is causing their economy to grow since they are bringing in mobals, jobs, and businesses. I’ve also learned that us, globals, are fortunate to have access to medicine and medical treatments that people in
