The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Book Review: Great Book for those who doubt the new economy is here
Summary: 5 Stars
I talk to a lot of people about offshoring and overseas outsourcing and a lot of people refuse to accept that we are entering a new era--an era that started two or three years ago. Those that prepare for this global age, and learn as much as they can about it, will be far better off than those who live in denial.
I've been studying offshoring for some time, and still I learned loads from this book. Buy the book and open your eyes.
Book Review: Flat world through clouded glasses
Summary: 3 Stars
Thomas Friedman is a good observer---and has a superficial understanding of the history in present. Rather feeble, he panders a lot, pretends to give the other side---its just deserved time---but he believes that history is static and something established in stone: like the Ten Commandments brought down by Moses, a messenger of TF's faith. He stated on the Fareed Zakaria show, today, that the destiny of Iraq was in the hands of its Sunni minority, it was a question of whether the Sunnis can adjust to a change in their power status in Iraq. He went on to compare this to the Palestinian attitude--they have not accepted Israel and are trying to fight with hundred years of history. TF is a good observer, but not a thinker, and looks at the world through the clouded glasses of his heritage. And thus--right and wrong are relative--it all depends on the side you are on. He personifies a typical American moderate (my way or highway with some sugar coating) when you are willing into buy on his pitching his faith. Hstory neither ends nor is it made, it always goes on. Third Reich was not to be history until 3,000; and American and Israeli hagemony: oh never. Hundred years he refers to are but about a three-fourth of human life span, mere 36, 500 days! But for the likes of TF the history begins from at that convenient point that has the most advantage to begin their sermon of their beliefs--so, indeed, there was a great wisdom in the creation of this island of Zionism in the middle of a sea of oil in Arabia, he seems to believe it is the history cast in stone. If you want to begin to understand history you should read John Gray--no not the Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus--but the Straw Dogs, and Al Qa-ee-da and What it Means to be Modern. Mr. Friedman rehashes, entertainingly though, what is published weekly in The Economist, and did also get a Pulitzer. Wonder what did this pundit think of Indians twenty years ago; wonder if he was aware of the history in the making, and did predictions of Churchill and Lee Kwan Yew on India bring tears to his eyes! The book is a good read, but says nothing new, and provides you with observations of current status of the history in the making--you may not need it if you have been awake, and his English is not bad. For real understanding, I recommend John Gray; and if you want it raw and hot and amateurish on the society read Intern Beth by Ayul Zamir (my biased friend, like me). Be warned, John Gray teaches European Thought at the Londodn School of Economics.
Book Review: Excellent Read
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the better Non-Fiction I have read in a while. Well-written , Well-Researched and manages to put complex points in a easy to understand way. 10 times better than the Freakonomics and other books. Highly Recommended to understand today's Globalized World. Book Review: The World Is Flat
Summary: 5 Stars
The World Is Flat: is an insightful book with a unique and interesting theory, which tries to explain a lot of the socio-economic, cultural and political trend in the world in a simple, anecdotal manner. Pleasurable to read and reminds me in some ways of Freakonomics, The Union Moujik, The Usurper and Other Stories. Most people will enjoy it too.Book Review: Start thinking out of the box!
Summary: 4 Stars
I just finished this book on my way to Mont Tremblant and I got to say that this books makes you think a lot about your career! I am more from a Technology background and it did give me a broad view of the marketing and management world BUT above all the book is about convergence and the number of opportunities which this convergence brings to flattening the world and also about the threat of your careers if one does not continue to think out of the box. Though some of the technical stuff about technology is not that accurate (Bear in mind the author is trying to link stuff to the lay man's language) the way it blends technology (i.e. Internet) to the opportunities of the world market is simply scary! More importantly it gives you a taste of all the CEO of the big companies about their vision and thinking and how they started up from scratch to make it very very big. The book also emcompasses the different facets about culture, beliefs, religion and more and the experience and also the exposure of the author to many events in the world helps to make this book a MUST have on your shelf. Moreover, I can see this book as one of the very few which can be constantly updated and hence it would be good to see whether the opinions of the CEO were right or wrong 10 years down the line.
A MUST BUY! Trust me you will start re-visiting your career path accordingly irrespective if you are in the telecoms, media, banking or else.