The World is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman
One need not be an economist or a scientist to read and understand this book, it’s written in simple terms that even a layman who can read and write can explore it with ease. The author being a journalist has included a number of interviews and talks about several encounters he had with company Pioneers, CEOs and visionaries and the experience he had as he gathered knowledge about the growth aspects of the world, which he refers to as the flatters and the flat world.
He talks about the world getting flatter and flatter with every technological, educational, artistic advancement in the population of the world, no matter if they belonged to the developed or developing country.
In most of the examples he
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He says the world is flatter than ever before and mentions ten factors that he thinks have contributed in the flattening process of the world.
Why the world isn’t flat by Pankaj Ghemawat
Is an Indian-American economist, professor, global strategist, speaker and author. He’s known for his work in the study of globalization. Why the world isn’t flat is a counter argument to Friedman’s claims, which talks on the world not being as globalized or connected as Mr. Freidman scripted in his
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He talks about the computing capabilities – at the speed at which the information stored is drawn out when needed. The VOIP feature online which allows calling someone without the use of a telecom service provider (Voice over internet protocol) at the local call rates. Video conferencing solution, real time face to face communication from anywhere to anywhere in the globe. He calls this the miniaturization of vast gap, through wireless communication, allowing mobile devices perform all the functions from calling to mailing or sharing data by anyone from any part of the world.
Flat world and America
Mr. Friedman takes an example of a Math institute in online, going by the name Hey Math, where in Indian student teach math to 12th grade students of Singapore, which is an evidence of service can be imported or exported with no sweat. He says that the race is intensifying as many brilliant Indian youth is taking over all available jobs of the flattened world for a comparatively lesser wages.
America is developed nation, and developed nations have a competitive edge over other countries already and there is no doubt about it. The globalized world would just expand the spaces where they used to play, giving them more room to explore new