The world is flat

The World Is Flat

Summary of Chapter Two “The Ten Forces That Flattened The World”

Flattened #1: 11/9/89 the Fall of The Berlin Wall

He saw the Berlin Wall for the first time when he was traveling to Berlin in December 1990. The wall was presenting the Soviet Union. The fall of the wall allowed people to connect with each other, and it was the end of inside conflict between both sides.

Flattened #2: 8/9/95 The PC-Windows ear

The World Wide Web and the Internet were in continuous developing that lead people to be interesting in entering the field of technology by buying a stock. Many companies made their share publicly to the people so that can buy.

Flattened #3: Work Flow Software

Friedman believes that technology has made the workflow easier and faster. He also thinks that how can we use technology without human involved.

The World Is Flat

The World Is Flat

Summary of Chapter One

In chapter, one Thomas L. Friedman tries to show us how he reached to his theory about “the world is flat.” He was in India when this idea came into his mind. He was attending a conference in Nandan Nilekani’s conference room at Infosys. In his first chapter, he talks about how Columbus discovered the world. Also, he mentions that Columbus was the first one who said, “The world is round.” Moreover, he says in his book that Columbus opened a path for the people to trade goods. He points out that Columbus was seeking to find slaves, gold, and other resources. He talks about how Columbus traveled to discover the world by three ships. In some how he compared himself with Columbus in many ways. For example, the way of traveling, the seeking of rescuers, and the theory of the world all these elements led him to a good compression. He also admired the India youth, and how they developed in the field of technology. He was very surprised when he saw a big screen that connect the people outside the conference room. The conference made him think more about the globalization, and he missed all of that because he was busy. He was traveling to Arab countries after 9/11. Chapter one “While I Was Sleeping” is the simile of himself, and how he did not pay attention to the technology.              

Ray Kurzweil on how technology will transform us

Mr. Ray Kurzweil is an engineer who has a vision that technology will transform us. His first point was about the sun's energy, and how we could meet all of our needs for 2030. Also, he said that we cannot do it because there are some problems that encountered the project. Plus, he showed some statistics about poverty in East Asia and the Pacific region. He told us that the number of poor people has become less than before, and in the future will be much less than now. He talked about technology, and how its growth so faster than human beings. His prediction about how technology will transform us and it can be the key of solving many problems in the near future.  When he talked about technology, he was very sure of his opinion. His beliefs are very interesting about how technology will change everything in the world. Also, he gave examples about technology transformed the shape of business and medicine field.

I think, he is a man with very strong beliefs because he could not predict about the google stock market, but he managed to predict about how technology will change our lives in the near future. I do not agree with him one hindered present, but I like something in his talk which was about how technology could save human life in medicine field. I believe that technology can help us to improve our skills and help us to facilitate our daily life, but I also believe that technology can harm us as well. I cannot argue with him because he is a famous person, and he is  professional in his job. But my point is that everything has two side the bad and the good.