The World Is Flat: The Globalized World In The Twenty-First Century

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a flattening of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies has now connected knowledge pools and resources worldwide, leveling the playing field. Friedman demystifies the global scene, discussing both benefits and disadvantages of developments like blogging, podcasting, YouTube, and Global Internet access, as well as the social and technological challenges they bring.