It's A Flat World After All Summary

Globalization is an occurrence that has changed the world, along with its economies. For without it where would we be in today's society? As I was reading both articles I had difficulty getting the “world has been flattened”metaphor out of my thought process. Afraid I might be bias on the idea that Globalization is the better option no matter what I set out to truly surmise what both writers believed. The idea of Globalization has been debated many times over, and as a result we seek to understand its true influence.
In the article “It's a Flat World After All,” the writer Thomas Friedman, presents his idea by pointing out that Globalization happened right before our eyes yet many of us didn't even know it. He states that technology improvements fundamentally reshaped our lives. As a result of this improvement
He guides his readers through his argument by pointing out that differences between countries are larger than generally acknowledged. Instead of being what Thomas Friedman calls “Globalization,” he calls the reality of it semi-globalization. He supports this by stating that it is assumed or predicted that nearly every avenue of globalization is nearly completely internationalized. However, Pankaj counters by declaring that most economic activity that can either be conducted within or across borders are still quite localized. He also proclaims that Technologies and standards do enable connectivity and collaboration at a distance, and that is important. It is also likely that the separation of where certain services can be performed from where they are delivered will matter a great deal. Lastly Ghemawat concludes with his example of Google, where he explains that borders do matter in regards to economics because governments ultimately are the regulators of internet within their