The World Is Flat

What is globalization? Globalization is defined as the changes in the world; interchanging of resources, ideas, products, markets, cultural exchange, aspects of cultures, investments, and business competition. As the world is continuing to grow, it’s going to continue to improve its’ technology as everyone continue to interchange with each other. What is globalization 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0? Globalization 1.0 was established in 1492, when Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover America. On this voyage, that’s when Columbus discovers “the world is round and the world shrank from large to medium” (Baltzan, 2012, p. 3). Countries were starting to do trades, and were competing to see who was richer; most countries’ businesses were being control by white men. Globalization 1.0 lasted up until year 1800 only. And right when globalization 1.0 ended, globalization 2.0 begins; and it begins during the Industrial Revolution. During the globalization 2.0, the world shrank from medium to small. As countries’ businesses continue to be control by white men, now during the globalization 2.0, white men were controlling international companies also. Countries became multinational, so companies started to go global with trading. Companies started outsourcing, and started to hire people from another country for a smaller wages; as companies race to make a name for 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 place. With the technology now in the globalization 3.0, we can make communication more possible