Summary Of Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat

Is the world actually flat? According to Thomas Friedman’s book it is. He explored this notion when he took a trip to India, where he noticed the competition for global knowledge. Throughout his book “The World is Flat” he argues that there are ten forces that flattened the world, claimed the best interest for the United States’ is free trade, acknowledged what actions developing countries ought to implement, analyzed how flattening could flounder, and highlights the challenging framework of creativity developing across the globe today.
The Ten Forces that Flattened the World November 9,1989 the Berlin Wall fell, yet this event caused creativity to rise. It shifted the balance of power throughout the globe to those who are democratic, consensual,

Friedman uses the example of how services and goods have become progressively tradable and with that there is more of a need for outsourced, digitized, or automated jobs for the future. He explains that there is three categories of untouchable jobs in the new flat world; people who are “special or specialized, localized and anchored, or the old middle jobs.” Friedman underlines four skill sets and attitudes to survive employment and education in the flat world. These skill sets include the “ability to learn how to learn, the understanding that curiosity and passion, combined, are more important than intelligence, the ability to play well with others, and knowing the right brain stuff.” Due to the “mix of institutions, laws, and cultural norms that produce a level of trust, innovation, and collaboration that has enabled us to constantly renew our economy and raise our standard of living” Friedman explains his belief that the United States is able to accustom to the flat world. On the other hand, he believes that the United States aren’t seeing this advantage. In order to prove this point, Friedman reveals six dirty little secrets (The Numbers Gap, The Education Gap at the Top, The Ambition Gap, The Education Gap at the Bottom, The Funding Gap, The Infrastructure Gap) and tries to show account for what could occur if they don’t take advantage of

He encourages Americans to understand the negative effects they are causing. His conclusion is for the United States to join forces with China and India in decrease energy consumption. Along with negative effects of the flattening culture, Friedman explains that supply chains can also hinder the world. Because of the competitiveness and secure economy it allows more ability to terrorist activity. Friedman concludes that setting restriction of the amount of nuclear weapons is the best way we can control “suicide supply chains.”
Todays Development of Creativity The day the Berlin Wall came down and 9/11 are examples Friedman uses to show the competing aspects of imagination in today’s world. Iris scans and x-ray machines will help defeat those who are trying to damage the flat world. Along with technology, we need to influence those around us who take advantage of flat world to oppress