The World Is Flat

Friedman describes ten flatteners that Flattened the World. The flatteners are ten major political, innovations and companies that contributed to flattening the world. The first took place on November 9th, 1989, it is described as “When the walls came down and the windows came up.” The collapse of the Berlin Wall, symbolized the end of the Cold War. The wall was the barrier between people and then when it was down, the people on the other side were able to join mainstream people. This day is…

The world in reality is moving at the fastest rate and every person on this globe experiences it in every minute of his or her life. If that happens, the globe or world is interconnected or globalized. This means that the new idea of change that takes place in one part of the world is experienced by the whole world. The globalization actually broadens and deepens the interconnectedness worldwide among countries at the fastest rate in all aspects of life, both good and bad. This in reality is…

Today, every aspect of our civilized world is connected. You can call, text, message, chat, and video chat family in New York when you 're visiting Melbourne, or you could be in Bolivia and friend someone on social media that lives in St. Petersburg. The technology that we have today allows us to stay in contact with the rest of the world 24/7. Because of our advanced and technologically connected world, a new issue has arisen in our world of communication and relationships with others. While it…

The world is truly getting smaller, “As globalization shrinks the globe, that is, as people around the world become more interconnected within the same global village, your welfare is increasingly tied to that of people in other nations” (Henslin 30). Most of this interconnected feeling comes from globalization and its relationship with many other aspects in peoples’ lives (Henslin 29). Globalization is a process that has allowed nations and people alike to learn about new ways to think, eat,…

Have you ever thought that the world was flat? Or ever wondered how we can get from place to place when the world is round? Probably not, although Christopher Columbus had these questions. Christopher Columbus thought the world was flat and he thought it was impossible to move to different areas in the world while being round so he just inferred that the world was flat. Even though, Columbus was confused he was a very historical revolutionary figure. Coincidentally, Columbus was trying to find a…

Document Summary In this document, the evaluative methods of Thomas L. Friedman in the selected sections of the World is Flat will be analyzed in terms of Wolcott’s steps for better thinking model. Defining / Framing the Problem One of the first steps in Wolcott’s model is to frame the problem. Friedman explains that the world is constantly improving and innovating, a continuous adaptation to streamline production to complete tasks at a much faster pace. With this seemingly breakneck…

THE GENESIS OF THE NEW WORLD Globalization, as observed in today’s modern era, is very much profound in our society. In my understanding, it is defined as the increasing incorporation and interdependence of domestic and overseas markets heartrending the world or others say- interconnectedness of states as general. We can view this in all possible aspects not only in the field of economics but also in terms of politics, arts, sciences, technologies, and culture. This let us exist in an epoch…

In Thomas L. Friedman’s, The World Is Flat, he discusses a chapter called “The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention”, which explains why out of all the reasons countries prevent from going to war with one another, the main reason is because of supply chains. Supply chains are otherwise known as trading or having the same international businesses in those countries. The majority of countries all around the world contain the same international businesses, such as McDonald’s. This allows for these…

as basic language and math skills. Most people don’t realize that preschool education goes far beyond what kids learn in the program. Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat, writes about globalization, or in other words, the flattening world. This concept basically outlines the fact that America used to be on top of the world in regards to success, but other countries are catching up. Friedman proposes many ideas that could help our county get back on its feet, focusing on our…

Overview of “The world is flat” by Thomas. L. Friedman Friedman has divided the globalization history into three important parts as Globalization 1.0(1492-1800), Globalization 2.0 (1800-2000) and Globalization 3.0 (2000 onwards) where the world shrank from large to medium (country globalization), medium to small (companies globalization) and small to tiny (individual globalization) respectively. The author has stated the 10 factors that have played a crucial role in flattening the world as…