TODAY IS NATIONAL CAPS DAY. FIRST WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT THE NEWS ON CNN.COM. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT JUAN WILLIAMS WHO WAS FIRED FOR NPR BECAUSE HE SAID IT WORRIES HIM WHEN YOUR LIKE ON AN AIRPLANE OR SOMETHING WITH A MUSLIM PERSON IN THEIR ROBES AND EVERYTHING. HE WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB BECAUSE HE WAS BEING CONSERVATIVE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF HOW HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE MUSLIMS. THEN WE ARE GOING TO WATCH A MOVIE ON TOM FRIEDMAN.
Genesis moment of a flat nation.
people able to work with people over a network like never before.Global platform of multiple forms of collaberation, by working in groups without ever getting together.
1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?
that you can access anything from where ever you are.
2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.
1492-1822
it shrunk the world from large to medium.
the countries globalized because they got more power, natural resources, imperialism.
It opened the door for many people to become immigrants to the new world.
3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.
from early 1800 to 2000
size medium to size small
companies globalized because they got cheaper workers and selling more stuff in other places.
4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.
shrinking the world from size small to tiny.
individuals and groups that are globalizing due to the technology.
2000 to present.
5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?
it allowed us to see and think of the world as a large flat plain.
people had eastern and western policies untill the wall fell and we thought of the world all as one.
A symbol that the cold war was coming to an end.
6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?
the browser gave us the first browser for internet that anybody could use.
the .com bubble where there was websites for everybody.
made it so everybody could be like next door neighbors even though you live halfway around the world.
7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?
offshoring is when a company moves to another country. Outsourcing is similar but is more technical. the business is still here but the company service part of the country is overseas.
8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.
9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?
10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?
11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”?
12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?
13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.
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