The World is Flat: The Great Sorting Out Summary In this chapter‚ Thomas Friedman looks at how cultures and societies will have to deal with and adapt to the changes that globalization brings to the way of doing business. It affects whole companies and individuals. He gives the perception of the world is flattening by comparing the Industrial Revolution to the IT Revolution that is happening right now. The flattening process was identified by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels in the Communist Manifesto
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The video discussion‚ Tom Freedman‚ The World is Flat‚ is about Tom Freedman’s experience of how he learned the world is flat. By this‚ he means that anyone can send their own content to anyone in the world‚ basically for free. Tom believes the global economic playing field is being leveled. He believes this happened by three great eras of globalization. The first‚ globalization 1.0 started in 1492 and lasted until early 1800’s where the world shrunk from large to medium. The Spanish explored the
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In Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat‚ he writes about a so-called “triple convergence.” What Friedman is referring to in this “triple convergence” is the combination of “new players‚” a new “playing field‚” and these two things working together to develop “new processes and habits for horizontal collaboration.” (Friedman 211) Together‚ these three pieces are what Friedman believes is “the most important force shaping global economics and politics in the early twenty-first century.” (Friedman 211)
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel that shows the dangers of letting scientific progress take over society while also exemplifying the fear of many people that science and progress will eventually remove humanity’s individualism and free will‚ although individuals will remain and rise up to make a difference. This is Huxley’s most famous novel‚ and for the right reasons. Huxley demonstrates his ability to create a world not unlike one that could happen in real life. Many critics
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Rodrigo Mesta 9/29/13 4th Title: Tortilla Flat Author: John Steinbeck I. An Examination of Characters: Jesus Maria Corcoran: Jesus Maria Corcoran is one of Danny’s friends. He very nice and “kindness is always in him”. It is Jesus Maria who makes the rash promise that the friends will ensure that there is always food in the house for Danny. He readily comes to the aid of the corporal with the sick baby. He also befriends and helps Teresina Cortez when he discovers that she and her
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them living a perfect life in harmony and peace. This is like the older saying of “Living in a perfect world” is not all that it seems‚ it is not all sunshine and rainbow in everyone but some that is the best part of their personality and it can change over time in someone either for the greater good or just in a situation. This is shown tremendously in the short story The Outcasts of Poker Flat‚ written by one of the most famous local color writers‚ Bret Harte. This story was written in a time period
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Globalization is an occurrence that has changed the world‚ along with its economies. For without it where would we be in today’s society? As I was reading both articles I had difficulty getting the “world has been flattened”metaphor out of my thought process. Afraid I might be bias on the idea that Globalization is the better option no matter what I set out to truly surmise what both writers believed. The idea of Globalization has been debated many times over‚ and as a result we seek to understand
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Course: English Assignment : Critical Essay Topic: To what extent is the protagonist conditioned by his or her physical and social environment? “Rules of the Game” is a short story by Amy Tan about a young Chinese immigrant girl‚ Waverly in 1950s‚ when people from China immigrated to America seeking better living prospects. The story is set in the modest physical and social settings of Chinatown in America‚ where the protagonist Waverly resides with her family. Waverly’s mother expects
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Ulbrich testifies is that a flat tax will redistribute the tax burden for the lower and middle classes. Today‚ a main source of the government’s money gained through taxation is by payroll tax instead of income tax. This source of money‚ in fact‚ directly impacts the middle class
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a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is prominent for his argument of the world being “flat.” Essentially‚ Friedman believes that due to globalization‚ advances in technology are leading to new forms of communication between people located all over the world. This new and progressive technology is broadening connections like never before. With the advent of the Internet‚ people living in all different parts of the world are now globally connected and are able to interact in ways they never imagined
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