competitive with other countries in terms of employment‚ inventive ideas‚ and stronger education systems. In The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman‚ he divides globalization into three different eras‚ our current era involves individuals competing globally for jobs and power. Our world is only getting more competitive and making the world “flat” as Friedman describes. Meaning the world is now a level playing field for all countries to compete for the most power and success. As diverse as the Yakima
Premium United States The World Is Flat Globalization
The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman 1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer I agree with Friedman that technology has made the world flat. But there is another point of view disagree with Friedman stating that there are still many people that do not have access to technology and for them the world is still round. 2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search? In a flat world
Free The World Is Flat
our daily lives. 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
Premium Science Technology Sociology
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
Premium Globalization The World Is Flat Thomas Friedman
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
Premium The World Is Flat Globalization Thomas Friedman
Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America Author: Thomas L. Friedman Thesis Statement: Hot‚ Flat‚ & Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman was published by FSC Mixed Sources in the year 2008. This book is a diagnosis of Friedman’s three major challenges facing the world and the United States. Also he includes perceptions for how the United States can cure these problems. Friedman especially specializes on focusing on the greatest challenge of which is global
Premium World population Global warming Sustainable energy
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)
Premium Globalization The World Is Flat Thomas Friedman
beginning to throw in their boots and let robots do the dirty work” (Briggs). Technology in this world has grown over the past decades and we have become more and more reliant on our technology. Agribots and drones is the newest and latest thing in this world that could really boots our crop productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’
Premium Agriculture
ASSIGNMENT: The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman Discuss the book in general and what he means by a "flat world" and what conditions make it flat. Focus on at least one specific topic such as 10 flatteners or the 7 rules for companies The book by Thomas Friedman‚ "The World is Flat"‚ discusses the enormous changes regarding technology and communications which have altered the lives of people all over the globe (1). A large aspect in regards to the "flat world" is that we are competing with
Free The World Is Flat
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
Premium Psychology United States Investment