Posted by 5Nichole on November 18, 2009 at 11:30am
5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?allowed us to see that the world was a flat plane. Broadened the democracy the world was no longer two planes.6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?easier to communicate and be online for the common person.7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?forms of collaboration. It is like when a factory closes in say Omaha that close down and moves to china is an example of off shoring. Outsourcing is an reason for job loss.In sourcing- another company do things for them like the nike site Is ran by the UPS8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.Fire fox internet and or notepad. Something that is good or even to a product you have to pay for that you get for free.9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?Informing is to like inform yourself with a search engine.10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?Cell phones and wireless internet..11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”adapt and not just look at Harlan but look at the whole world.12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?going to get worse not better and they are going to have to live through it..If we don’t do our best the people from China will take our jobs. No one is telling us is the main reason why we should be worrying.13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.flat is that the conversions is the world changing by the way we trade and communicate.
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