I could catch up with Thomas Friedman’s book at last and would definitely say that it’s one of the most interesting books I have read so far.
The author has done a great job in capturing the history of the globalized world in 21st century. A powerful writing that gives us snapshot of the current world. The book also talks about what made the world flat, the portions of world which are still not flattened and the possible direction it is headed towards. The flow of the book goes this way.
How the world became flat
America and flat world
Developing Countries and flat world
Companies and the flat world
Geopolitics and the flat world
Conclusion: Imagination
Author’s understanding of the scenarios around the world is truly unbelievable. This book helps us to understand the opportunities and threat that the ‘Flat World’ has opened up for all of us.
Every individual, who wants to make use of the flat world, has definitely a lesson or two to learn from the book. For me, the key take ways from the book are ..
1. The Flat world has a plethora of opportunities in store for you irrespective of your nationality, language and geographical location.
2. You should become an ‘Untouchable”* as fast as possible. (* A person’s skill set being unique and special that his job can’t be touched/replaced by another person in the globe so easily).
3. There’s a poorer world which you need to look at and strive for connecting them on to the flat world.
4. There are mind blowing threats that the flat world faces. Have them in mind but don’t get too scared for them …Be optimistic.
5. You should have more dreams than memories.
(“Does your society have more memories than dreams or more dreams than memories? When memories exceed dreams, the end is near...”
“If we go dark as a society, if we stop being the “world’s dream factory”, we will make the world not only a darker place but also a poorer place.)
The author has done a great job in capturing the history of the globalized world in 21st century. A powerful writing that gives us snapshot of the current world. The book also talks about what made the world flat, the portions of world which are still not flattened and the possible direction it is headed towards. The flow of the book goes this way.
How the world became flat
America and flat world
Developing Countries and flat world
Companies and the flat world
Geopolitics and the flat world
Conclusion: Imagination
Author’s understanding of the scenarios around the world is truly unbelievable. This book helps us to understand the opportunities and threat that the ‘Flat World’ has opened up for all of us.
Every individual, who wants to make use of the flat world, has definitely a lesson or two to learn from the book. For me, the key take ways from the book are ..
1. The Flat world has a plethora of opportunities in store for you irrespective of your nationality, language and geographical location.
2. You should become an ‘Untouchable”* as fast as possible. (* A person’s skill set being unique and special that his job can’t be touched/replaced by another person in the globe so easily).
3. There’s a poorer world which you need to look at and strive for connecting them on to the flat world.
4. There are mind blowing threats that the flat world faces. Have them in mind but don’t get too scared for them …Be optimistic.
5. You should have more dreams than memories.
(“Does your society have more memories than dreams or more dreams than memories? When memories exceed dreams, the end is near...”
“If we go dark as a society, if we stop being the “world’s dream factory”, we will make the world not only a darker place but also a poorer place.)
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