Dissecting “The World Is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman “I was in Bangalore‚ India‚ the Silicon Valley of India‚ when I realized that the world was flat.” – Thomas L. Friedman‚ “The World Is Flat” After reading “The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman‚ I understood the significance of globalization during the twenty-first century. I learned the progression of globalization and the significant changes it has had on the economy and world as a whole. Friedman establishes his text based on the many
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students to get in. This wouldn’t be such a problem if people were actually taking education seriously. Individuals try to be the people that are seen on television‚ attempting to go with out a high school diploma and will not make it in the real world. These types of people will work the system and will take money away from the actual hard working American. Nowadays it is a sad‚ but true statistic that people live longer and there may not be enough social security money for the hard working people
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About world peace Every leader in the world aims to find a lasting solution to the problems that beset our planet but so far‚ peace on earth has continued to be an elusive dream. There are many movements‚ conferences‚ brotherhoods and fraternities all over the world that promotes the idea of world peace. Philosophers‚ theologians‚ politicians‚ and other great thinkers from the past up to the present have offered so many formulas and ideas for achieving peace but no one has yet came up
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In the Deaf world‚ the people who are Deaf‚ deaf‚ hard-of-hearing‚ and orals have many defined of each term to identify what they are. They once thought that they are part of the Deaf Culture in which they would think that where they belong. But‚ according to James Woodward (1972)‚ uses the lowercase deaf when it referring to the audiological condition of not hearing‚ and the uppercase Deaf when referring to a particular group of deaf people who share a language of American Sign Language and a culture
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Abdel. A ENG1D0 Mrs. McKay 2013-11-12 A World for the Aspergians Aspergers Island is a beautiful island covered in sand and tropical trees where the entire population consists of Aspergians (people with Asperger’s syndrome). Ever since the island’s completion‚ this land has been unknown to the world. The first Aspergians constructed this island using sand dredge and approximately 7 million tons of rock‚ forming an artificial island. There have been many designs added to the project to ensure
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In Part I‚ “How the World Became Flat‚” Friedman visits India‚ where he realizes that the playing field has been leveled‚ meaning that a much larger group of people can compete for global knowledge. He pursues examples of this metaphor in other places‚ such as Iraq‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the United States. Friedman argues that there are primarily ten forces that flattened the world and describes each of the following “flatteners”: 11/9/89‚ the fall of the Berlin Wall; 8/9/95‚ or the date that Netscape
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Policeman of the World It is common knowledge that by the 20th century‚ the United States had become the dominant force in international relations. Some have argued that the United States ’ military functions as the world ’s police. For centuries United States has been found as the world ’s policeman regardless if they were asked for the help or not. In this paper I will highlight two instances in which United States intervene in an international matter. Also I will identify what prompted
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Champion of the world Many events have strengthened the bonds of families‚ friends‚ and even ethnic communities and groups in history. This boxing event has done exactly so. Many people from family and friends to even strangers gathered together to listen to this boxing match. The fact that being African-American at that time meant being in a whole different social class so they would be mistreated and under-privileged. This boxing match was an African-American man versus an American man. Supporting
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There are a million different ways that the world could be worse in the future‚ but to me‚ people of Earth will find peace through interactions with aliens. In the future‚ humans will learn to live along with aliens. Jupiter will turn into a space station where species from all around the galaxy gather. Instead of travelling from country to country‚ people and foreign species will travel from planet to planet and galaxy to galaxy. As a result the population of Earth will decrease and reduce the
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All the world over people crave for peace. The leaders and politicians of the world are trying to achieve world peace. But many difficulties come in the way. There is fear and suspicion among nations. Russia suspects the motives of American. America likewise does not trust Russia. Pakistan says that it is afraid of India. That is way she is aiming herself with latest weapons. Some countries are very much advance in science. Their economic condition is far superior to that of others. Such countries
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