Ted Talk Pankaj Ghemawat

In the TED talk, researcher Pankaj Ghemawat emphasizes the importance of making assessments and showing accurate data, that people are able to observe and understand that the world may not be as flat as they think. He showed a few data points, that can happened across national borders, which includes phone call, immigrants, direct investment, and exports. Each data point had an average value that was less than 10 percent, but people had made the error of guessing does values three to four times that level. Finally he indicates that limiting globalization can be dangerous and it is important to notice that there might be room for something more, which can contribute to increase the global welfare. After listening to his argument and evidence, this reinforce my position in agreeing with Ghemawat idea, that we still live in a word with …show more content…
As Ghemawat talks about globalization he briefly mentions technology (Facebook) in his argument. Which made me realize that technology and social media gives us the idea that we can reach or connect to any part of the world at any time, which allows us to believe that we do not have any defined borders, that can stop us from being globalized. But I think that technology is just a small part of globalization. To be able to reach a higher potential, it is important for people to learn, experience, and understand different governments, economies, political issues, traditions, cultures, languages, and historical events that surrounds the world everyday. If not only adults, but also children have a general understanding and education on geography, it could allow people to be more open minded about different events that happen in the world, it could also open many doors for them globally, which can benefit their personal life, career or future