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
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SOPHIE’S WORLD For my whole life‚ I have questioned where God came from. I’ve always believed in a God and that He created us‚ but I could never wrap myself around the idea of where He Himself came from. One day‚ I asked my friend and his answer was quite helpful and it might also help you guys‚ he said‚ I think God was always there as the essence of "there". God doesn’t exist like you and I exist. Based on the way we understand existence‚ God doesn’t exist. That’s why that question is so hard for
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TRANSATLANTIC WORLD INSTITUTE DATE The Transatlantic world before the European eve was majorly composed of people who lived isolated societies. Trade at this time was only between locals with no external contacts or international involvement. People lived in their different cultures and practiced traditions that were based on their cultural beliefs; there was no culture interexchange between various communities or people (Pomeranz‚ 2006). Exploration‚ settlement and expansion played a crucial
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bubble. This bubble is being created by the distraction of the iPod. He backs up his claims with a first hand experience when he went to New York. He describes seeing people and how “each were in his or her own musical world‚ walking to their own soundtrack…almost oblivious to the world around them (Sullivan 424).” However‚ Sullivan fails to show credentials in his writing and bases it primarily on his first hand experience. He fails to realize the technological advances that have come forth from the
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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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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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World peace is an ideal of freedom‚ peace‚ and happiness among and within all nations and/or peoples. World peace is a Utopian idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate‚ either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare. Although the term is sometimes used to refer to a cessation of all hostility among all individuals‚ world peace more commonly refers to a permanent end to global and regional wars with future conflicts resolved through nonviolent
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hero. These are people we need‚ what the world will be without people like this to be there so we can call them our heroes. Stories that resemble these heroes can be finding in the news‚ newspapers. All these people are trying to bring change to this world but what if the world was so perfect we didn’t need these people. Who would be meritorious amongst us? Is it that greatness can only be shown if there are others that need a role model or Does the world we live in make it impossible for someone
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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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Sophie’s World Characters Sophie Amundsen - Sophie is the protagonist of Sophie’s World. She is an inquisitive and spirited fourteen year old who learns just before turning fifteen that her life is the invention of Albert Knag. Sophie learns this and many other things from Alberto Knox‚ the philosopher who Albert Knag invented as her teacher. Sophie does not just learn from Alberto; she also questions him and shows that she has ideas of her own to implement. By the end of the story Sophie shows
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