My opinion: I agree with Friedman and his stance that the world is now flat. Being in a flat world in my eyes is being able to get information and communicate from any given location and time, as distance is no longer a factor. A huge contribution to this would be what is known as globalization 3.0, according to Hornsby (2006), “Globalization 3.0 began after the year 2000, when major technologies and computer software became available, allowing a small group of people or individuals the ability to…
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America Author: Thomas L. Friedman Thesis Statement: Hot, Flat, & Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman was published by FSC Mixed Sources in the year 2008. This book is a diagnosis of Friedman’s three major challenges facing the world and the United States. Also he includes perceptions for how the United States can cure these problems. Friedman especially specializes on focusing on the greatest challenge of which is global…
The book, The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman draws attention to some very good points concerning globalization and the world economy today. Friedman emphasizes the status of America today in relation to the other countries of the world. As I looked at the things in which he warned about or highlighted, I realized the importance of this issue. He talks about a few aspects in which need to be kept competitive in order for America to retain their current standing in the world market. First of…
create laws or policies that would govern the land and its people. In Thomas L. Friedman’s op-ed article, he stated that "politicians see evil, hear evil, and speak evil" in order to present to the citizens that politicians have taken their power for granted and to indirectly speak to the politicians to polish their actions. Although politicians hold public speeches to appeal to the people of the country, I would agree that Thomas L. Friedman’s views on politicians’ actions are evil. Public speeches…
Is the world really flat? In view of Thomas Friedman’s work “It’s a flat world, after all”, the entire planet is turning into a global village due to a rapid growth of information technology. There are 10 major contributors, which were also named “flateners” by Friedman, that made the playing field level. Undoubtedly, current sophistication in technology has provided us great access to internet, a virtual platform where people are capable of communicating, sharing knowledge, or performing online…
activity book I would complete was every connect-the-dots picture. According to Thomas Friedman, in his book, The World is Flat, “connecting the dots” in education is one of the primary ways we can help our country compete in the new age of globalization. Many students in the Yakima Valley have long faced the daunting choice of either attending a vocational/tech school or going to community college. However, in our flattening world, we can no longer settle for an either/or, and students now need a combination…
Major world events of the last 25 years irreversibly altered the way we conduct business and collaborate on a global scale. Thomas Friedman identifies and names these events the “ten flatteners,” as discussed in his book “The World is Flat.” Each of these ten flatteners contributed to the changing nature of global communication and information sharing into the 21st century. The first flattener, the collapse of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, signified the end of communism and permitted…
The World is Flat This book written by Thomas Friedman, describes how the world is fused and how the boundaries of the geographic location of the world becomes irrelevant. What I found in the book, there are a variety of factors that make the world move toward increasingly flat: ranging from the collapse of the Berlin Wall factor, which is Friedman described as the most important factor for the emergence of an increasingly globalized world, and factor the information technology revolution triggered…
the course of his travels to Bangalore, India, Thomas Friedman interviewed several individuals to gain insight on what global outsourcing actually was. He was interested in learning about outsourcing from its foundation to what it was currently (in 2005). In a discussion with an individual from India, the man explained to Friedman that the worldwide economy was being flattened and citizens of the United States were not prepared. The thought of the world leveling resonated in him and led to the start…
Nescio PSL200 T-TH 11:00 The international bestselling book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty First Century by Thomas L. Friedman analyzes globalization in the early 21st century. Throughout the book Friedman helps the reader view the world on a level playing field, where the traditional issues of historical and geographical divisions are becoming irrelevant and all competitors have an equal opportunity. Friedman examines the influences shaping businesses and competition in a technology…