10flatteners.20082009
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““The World Is Flat”The World Is Flat”Friedman’s Ten FlattenersFriedman’s Ten Flatteners
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Capitalis
m
v.
Communism
Going global
Common standardsInformation limit
Globalization 3.0Political constraint v. Practical restraint
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- Interconnected
-Anyone/ anytime
- Easy access
INTERNET
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- 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
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“Instead of everyone trying to control the fire hydrant nozzles, they made all the nozzles
and hoses the same, creating a much bigger market…”
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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
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By: Eleanor O’Quinn
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Uploading?
Self-forming, GLOBAL communities
Skips traditional organizations and authorities
Reshapes flow of creativity/innovation
FREE
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Community-Developed Software!ANYONE should be able
to download a code and improve it
Communities:
Intellectual Commons
Free Software
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And, IBM.
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“…We can’t possibly fact-check everything…” – Jessica Baumgart (New Researcher, Harvard University)
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BLOGGINGIndividuals can be online commentators for news, sports, etc.
Open-Source intelligence gathering
- Rathergate
- Subway Bombings
24 million blogs as of 2005
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Chinaincreases
competitionUSA
Offshorin
g
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“They are not just delivering packages, they are doing logistics”
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Supply Chains Insourcing Small businesses UPS Capital End of Runway service TRUST!! Tracking
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#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
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The world’s knowledge at your fingertip…
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#10: STEROIDSDigital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual
Computing
Instant Messaging
&File Sharing
Phone Calls
Videoconferencing
ComputerGraphics
WirelessTechnologie
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