The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: 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 [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Book Review: Loved it, should be mandatory reading in high schools.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Tom Friedman just makes so much sense.....He takes complex issues and explains things in an easy way. I only wish he worked for our government and had the power of our government in addition to the power of his pen.Book Review: The Book Is Flat
Summary: 4 Stars
Friedman is an excellent writer and analyzes the topic of globalization beautifully. Although the book is insightful and in-depth, in general it is flat. The author duplicates most of his points across the book and what could have been a 200-page books becomes much larger. I'm glad to have read this book even though it was a struggle finishing it.
The author sees the world as a level playing field where all countries, companies and individuals need to collaborate to be competitive in a global economy. He explains the ten 'flatteners' that leveled the field and how the 'triple convergence' took it further.
Friedman also argues on why the world could be seen as unflat and what could be done to change that. The concluding chapters discuss the Dell Theory and proposes remedies for America.
Book Review: People, read this book. There are some real answers in it.
Summary: 5 Stars
A starry-eyed, idealistic, yet analytical, thorough, and inspiring look at the modern world and its future. I highly recommend the book. It's an easy-to-read and entertaining work of journalism full of great insights. Book Review: Should be required reading for every person
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was paradigm-shifting and worldview-changing. And I considered myself generally "with it" as far as technology and globalization is concerned.
Friedman is fantastic at showing the world the way it is but revealing all types of processes and events happening in the background that very few people are aware of. He made me realize how ignorant I was without making me feel stupid.
He shares a few words on the future and what we as a country should do, as well as what each of us as individuals should do in order to keep up with global competition and supply-chaining, but the majority of his treatise is on what's happening now and how it's already affecting our world. From outsourcing typical jobs that Americans have relied on for so long, to the revolution of "uploading" and every Tom, Dick and Harry providing their own content that is more easily accessed and more up-to-date than the big content providers, this new flat world is already here, as Friedman points out. It's both exciting and nerve-wracking; and I look forward to more of it while still dreading it a little.
Book Review: *Redudant, Long Winded and boring***
Summary: 1 Stars
I thought this would be a good book. No new ideas are even presented. Save your money. Let me see if I can sum it up.
China and India are taking wealth from the US due to the fiber optic channels. No kidding.
Everyone has access to information due to the Internet.
OUtsourcing is great for both sides.
America better learn or we're doomed. (I summed it up)
Anyhow, he failed to mention AL GOre invented the internet and we'll all die by global warming soon enough.