The twenty-first century‚ largely dubbed as the “Age of Technology” and also the “Era of Globalization‚” has brought on the feasibility of an interconnected world. Globalization is considered to be the unavoidable wave of the future. A few texts from Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization‚ has allowed humans to create the Internet‚ bringing along many benefits and drawbacks to
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Answer 1: Thomas Friedman‚ New York Times columnist and author‚ claims in his book titled‚ ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ’(2005)‚ that globalization and technology has flattened the world to a ‘level playing field’. He analyses the ten ‘flatteners’ or events that happened over a period of around ten years to make the world go flat. The first flattener‚ that Friedman writes about‚ was the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of the Cold War‚ that brought forward
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ASSIGNMENT 2 “Other side of outsourcing” by: Thomas Friedman The impact outsourcing had to United States was for some Americans bad. They claim the jobs they loose and the disadvantages that Americans were facing due to this radical change. While in the United States some people were disgusted‚ in the other side of the world‚ the young people were very thankful. This change made a revolution on their culture; the new Indian generations were entering to a whole new world‚ making a big change between
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Thomas Friedman Vs. Richard Florida Thomas Friedman’s lecture on his book "The World is Flat"‚ is not only humorous but insightfully clever. Friedman’s lecture breaks down the first three chapters of his book. I found this lecture interesting because studying the field of business you’re instantly introduced to what globalization is but never where it actually began and the advancements it has made over time. Robert Florida’s article "The World is Spiky" expanded and contrasted Friedman’s
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good‚ in the article wrote by Thomas L. Friedman “Stuff Happens to the Environment‚ like Climate Change” (The New York Times) where it is explained how climate change is taken differently by all the large industrial economies‚ including United states. Friedman’s claim is that some candidates running for presidents do not pay attention to the severity of these problems and why voters should not vote for them‚ which is a good start to address climate problems. Friedman uses valid points to persuade
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In “The Professor’s big stage”‚ published in New York Times‚ the author Thomas L. Friedman noted the essentialness of traditional universities to further fructify their “university experience” at lower costs; he also unraveled the reason this is urgently needed: The advancements in globalized educational technologies are making higher education more accessible and less unique. Friedman initiates his essay with the example of a Harvard professor‚ Michael Sandel‚ obtaining celebrity status worldwide
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Thomas L. Friedman’s Beirut to Jerusalem graciously dons its readers with a comprehensive overview of the conflicts of the middle east with a focalization of Israel and Lebanon. From a first hand experience‚ Friedman deftly navigates the politics‚ religion‚ and local stories during a ten year time span (1979-1988). This time span covers much of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the civil war of Lebanon. Friedman spends his first five years living in Beirut‚ and the next five years living in Jerusalem
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The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman is best described as an exposé of the realities of the present day business world and of the effects that certain advances in technology as well as political upheavals have had on capitalism during the past three decades. The “flattening” of the world is a metaphor used to describe an increasing interconnectivity among the citizens of the world. This increase in interconnectivity is ascribed to several events such as the fall of the Berlin wall‚ and most
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ASSIGNMENT 2 Forces that flattened the world according to Thomas Friedman Supply chaining A supply chain is a system of organizations‚ people‚ technology‚ activities‚ information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources‚ raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. In sophisticated supply chain systems‚ used products may re-enter the supply chain at any
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concentrating in medium and large towns. Globalization has turned into a state of normal utilization. In fact‚ C. Rangarajan defines globalization as the reconciliation of economies and social orders through cross-country streams of data‚ thoughts‚ advances‚ products‚ administrations‚ capital‚ fund‚ and individuals. The pith of globalization is
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