The phrase: "the world is flat" can be interpreted in many ways. Basically what Friedman means by "flat" is "linked." The falling of trade and political barriers and technical advances have made it possible to do business‚ instantaneously with billions of other people around the world. It has allowed for parts of the world‚ which had previously been cut off‚ like China and India‚ to successfully compete in the world market. Thus‚ the playing field is being leveled‚ and no one nation has an advantage
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21st the world is encouraged to recognize that day as a day of peace. I think it is quite easy for people to look at places around the world where there is clearly hostility going on‚ whether it be the Middle East‚ Africa‚ or inner cities in the United States‚ and think why can’t there simply be peace. To me peace is not about looking at places of hostility around the world and saying there must be peace there. Real peace around the world begins within you. Check inside and honestly answer the
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The World Bank Bureaucracy is one of the pillars of modern western society. Although this statement is debatable from many aspects‚ most would agree that‚ at the very least‚ our lives are greatly affected by bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is the ’pure form of rational organization’ (Newson‚ Jan 11). Not only is it a method for achieving goals efficiently and effectively‚ but it is acclaimed as the most able strategy to meet objectives. The World Bank is a classic example of a bureaucratic organization
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we are not really living. Then he proceeds to go through the history of western philosophy. Alberto teaches Sophie about the ancient myths that people had in the days before they tried to come up with natural explanations for the processes in the world. Then she learns about the natural philosophers who were concerned with change. Next Alberto describes Democritus and the theory of indivisible atoms underlying all of nature as well as the concept of fate. At the same time as she takes the philosophy
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A Flattening World Business marketing is my degree and with that degree I would like to be a sports marketing specialist. Once I graduate college‚ I would like to work for an established marketing firm to build to some experience and then apply myself towards finding for my dream job. Would I would really enjoy as a career would to eventually work for a sports team who is struggling to market themselves on a professional level. My thought process is to take a struggling organization and bring them
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World history‚ global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history‚ which‚ like world history‚ deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations‚ but does not do so on a global scale. World History looks for common patterns that emerge across all cultures. World
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A book report of "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman "The World Is Flat" a book by author Thomas L. Friedman discusses a brief history of the twenty-first century and its most recent impact on the US economic today and the world we live in. Friedman unfolds and identifies three major world wide events that explain he’s philosophical explanation of why he thinks the "The World Is Flat" with the incorporation of his belief of the "Triple Convergence in 2000". Ten convoluted events of complementary
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Sea World Did you ever wish that something amazing would occur in your life‚ and when your wish is fulfilled‚ the outcome is better than you imagined? Well ‚welcome to my stunning story about my adventurous trip to the Orlando’s Sea World Water Park..... The day begun just fine. I was ten years old and it was a few days after I arrived in Florida. It was summer‚ in the year 2009 and my cousins and I were very bored. Before I arrived in Florida‚ my aunt promised me that she would have taken
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VIRTUAL WORLD CONTENTS: VIRTUAL IN THE REAL WORLD HISTORY APPICATIONS/USES WHY VIRTUAL WORLD RATHER THAN REAL WORLD FUTURE REAL WORLD: It is the world where we can feel ‚ touch‚emotions etc. VIRTUAL WORLD: It is a world where digital creatures look like real life ‚ sounds like real life & feel like real life. ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY: In 1965 ‚ Ivan Sutherland published a paper called ‚” The Ultimate display “ in which he described the computers as
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Dystopian World From poverty‚ to world hunger‚ from global warming‚ to equality‚ there are some issues that are virtually unsolvable. Whether the fact is money or food‚ weather and opinions‚ everyone is different‚ and everybody is entitled to different views and perspectives. These are some of the reasons for the beliefs of our inhabitant in a dystopian world. The definition of dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant‚ or bad. No matter the amount of help and solutions
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