The World is Flat : The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century
Friedman, Thomas L.
The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman
argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole
new age of globalization - a ’flattening’ of the world. The explosion of
advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and
resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing
field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal - and
competitor - of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever -
but does this ’death of distance’, which requires us all to run faster
in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and
too flat too fast for us to adjust? Friedman brilliantly demystifies
the exciting, often bewildering, global scene unfolding before our eyes,
one which we sense but barely yet understand.
The World is Flat
is the most timely and essential update on globalization, its successes
and its discontents, powerfully illuminated by a world-class writer. In
his new chapters: ’If It’s Not Happening, It’s Because You’re Not Doing
It’ and ’What Happens When We All Have Dog’s Hearing?’ the author
explores both the benefits and disadvantages of the very latest
developments in global communication. The emergent popularity of
blogging, pod-casting, YouTube and MySpace enable the modern world
citizen to broadcast their views to a potential audience of billions,
and the proliferation of Internet access to even the poorest communities
gives everyone who wants to the tools to address issues of social
injustice and inequality.
On the other hand the technology that
seems to improve communication on a global scale causes it to
deteriorate on a local scale. Identifying ours as ’The Age of
Interruption’, Friedman discusses the annoyance and dangers of
BlackBerrys in meeting rooms, hands-free kits in conversation and using a
phone or iPod whilst driving. In an age when we are always ’connected’
via email or mobile phone how can we hope to concentrate on one thing
without interruption? As expected the author has revitalised this new
edition of The World Is Flat with timely insights into the nature of our
flat world.
Kustantaja: Penguin
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9780141034898
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