“THE WORLD IS FLAT: In his book‚ The World is Flat‚ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman argues that globalization and its technological advances have increasingly “flattened” the world by reducing barriers among states‚ individuals and corporations‚ and by creating more and more economic interdependence and global integration. This process is not a new one. It began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America and opened up trade between the old world and the new world‚ and developed
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The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman First published: 2005 Table of Contents • Key Figures • Short Summary (Synopsis) • Thomas L. Friedman - Biography • Genre | | | | Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis • Chapters 1 - 4 - How the World Became Flat • Chapters 5 - 9 - America and the Flat World • Chapter 10 - Developing Countries and the Flat World • Chapter 11 - Companies and the Flat World • Chapters 12 - 14 - Geopolitics
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The Ten Forces That Flattened the World These are the ten factors describing how the world is becoming “flat” or globally interconnected‚ thereby allowing businesses all over the world to compete on a more equal playing field. 1. The New Age of Creativity (the fall of the Berlin Wall) This event “tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic‚ consensual‚ free-market-oriented governance‚ and away from those advocating authoritarian rule with centrally planned economies
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The play the “Shoe-Horn Sonata” written by John Misto and poem “Vergissmeinicht” composed by a British Tank Commander Keith Douglas use the distinctively visual to portray the idea of war and its consequences on people and their relationships. The use of lighting in the play and the poem help give the audience an idea of the mood that the protagonists are in‚ for example in the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata the use of dim light whilst on stage is used to great effect whenever Sheila or Bridie are
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complicated system that many believe needs to be changed‚ by instilling a flat tax system. A flat tax system is a system in which everyone in the country is taxed at the same rate regardless of their income. Many believe that it is the best system as it is quick‚ simple and fair because no one is taxed at a higher rate solely due to the amount of money they make. The
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Not being involved with any outsourcing business‚ I experience the flatness of the world through online communities‚ media streaming‚ file and information sharing‚ e-mails and chatting‚ etc. Through social networking websites like Friendster‚ I can stay in touch with my distant friends and relatives. Instead of going to a mall‚ I can actually stay at home and shop online from anywhere around the world. And as a student who is usually bombarded with a lot of research work‚ I rely on search engines
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them‚ and to make more money‚ and to look for cheaper labor cost. Globalization 2.0 ended around the 20th century‚ year 2000. As the globalization 3.0 begin‚ that’s when Friedman stated that the world is flat and that it shrank from small to tiny. “Friedman argues that the world has become flat due to technological advances connecting people in China‚ India‚ and the United States as if we were all next-door neighbors” (p. 3). Since technologies have improved‚ the world became more of a globalization
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projected images‚ music and dialogue‚ distinctively visual texts represent challenging aspects of life effectively. This is portrayed through texts such as John Misto’s play The Shoe Horn Sonata‚ Kevin McDonalds docu-drama Touching the Void and Roberto Innocenti’s picture book Rose Blanche. The shoe horn sonata by John Misto is a play that deals with the brutality of World War 2 by locking at the stories of two financial characters‚ Bridie and Sheila. When he wrote the play‚ Misto was concerned that
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MODULE A: Experience through language ELECTIVE 2: DISTINCTIVELY VISUAL W.Taoube and I.Spencer Elective Rubric ELECTIVE 2: DISTINCTIVELY VISUAL In their responding and composing students explore the ways the images we see and/or visualise in texts are created. Students consider how the forms and language of different texts create these images‚ affect interpretation and shape meaning. Students examine one prescribed text‚ in addition to other texts providing examples of the distinctively
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Assignment 1: The World is Flat 3.0 (10 points) Listen to Tom Friedman’s MIT talk titled “The World is Flat 3.0” and answer the following questions. Your answers must be short‚ succinct‚ and structured‚ and not of the rambling type. The suggested total length of your answers is 1-2 pages. 1. According to Friedman‚ what are the differences between Globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ and 3.0? What was the key driver for each phase of globalization? (3 points) Globalization 1.0 was built around countries having
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