The Great Sorting Out

Recap of Chapter Details Chapter four The Great Sorting Out, is about how the world, primarily moves from a vertical position from command and control, and now it is moving towards a connect and collaborate which is horizontal. The internet has made the distance between the consumer and the product slim to none. Products are available at the fingertip of customers, not only for local markets but international markets as well. In 1995, 2% of homebuyers used the internet to shop for homes, in 2005 that number had increased to 77%. This is a great illustration how the Internet has changed the way we do things, and how everything is intertwined and connected. Another great example that the chapter provides the Indiana versus India, a case that took place in 2003. An Indian consulting firm won the contract to upgrade the unemployment department of the state of Indiana. This was obviously a political hot topic and it took for the governor Joe Kernan to cancel the contract and put legal barriers to prevent things like this happening again. That was another perfect example and how flat the world has become flat. Something that happens in a state can affect another part of the world in this case India. In …show more content…
While we continue to learn more and more about other countries and we are even able to purchase as individuals from other parts of the world; for instance, I was able to purchase a charger for my camera on EBay, and it was shipped from China. I had a small impact on the economy in China, and I was able to do that with technology. We can have direct contact and collaboration, not only as a nation but also at a personal level. This would not be possible without the advances of technology. It is amazing to see how far technology has come and we will continue to learn how to deal with the logistics that come along with this new way of doing