10flatteners.20082009

““The World Is Flat”The World Is Flat”Friedman’s Ten FlattenersFriedman’s Ten Flatteners

Capitalis

m

v.

Communism

Going global

Common standardsInformation limit

Globalization 3.0Political constraint v. Practical restraint

- Interconnected

-Anyone/ anytime

- Easy access

INTERNET

- Easy access for ANYONE

- Digitalized words, music, data, and photos

NETSCAPE

“This development, in turn, wired the whole world together, and, without any one really planning it, made Bangalore a suburb of Boston”

8/9/95

“Instead of everyone trying to control the fire hydrant nozzles, they made all the nozzles

and hoses the same, creating a much bigger market…”

Outsourcing: Y2K• India has good schools• Gov. can’t provide jobs• Fiber optic cable• Y2K provided huge opportunity • America saw India’s potential• Result: More outsourcing

By: Eleanor O’Quinn

Uploading?

Self-forming, GLOBAL communities

Skips traditional organizations and authorities

Reshapes flow of creativity/innovation

FREE

Community-Developed Software!ANYONE should be able

to download a code and improve it

Communities:

Intellectual Commons

Free Software

And, IBM.

“…We can’t possibly fact-check everything…” – Jessica Baumgart (New Researcher, Harvard University)

BLOGGINGIndividuals can be online commentators for news, sports, etc.

Open-Source intelligence gathering

- Rathergate

- Subway Bombings

24 million blogs as of 2005

Chinaincreases

competitionUSA

Offshorin

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“They are not just delivering packages, they are doing logistics”

Supply Chains Insourcing Small businesses UPS Capital End of Runway service TRUST!! Tracking

#9 “Google is like God. God is wireless, God is everywhere, and God sees everything. Any questions in the world, you ask Google”(185).

Charlotte & Valerie

The world’s knowledge at your fingertip…

#10: STEROIDSDigital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual

Computing

Instant Messaging

&File Sharing

Phone Calls

Videoconferencing

ComputerGraphics

WirelessTechnologie

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