Mon. April 4

1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?
All the countries are leved, they all are "equal"

2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.
Countries were after money


3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.
1800's-2000
now size small



Went global though your company
4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.
World now size XS
This era is about individuals globalizing and small group globalizing


5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?
11-9-89

The fall of the wall is a great flattener

There is no longer the Commie. side and the free side just a world a single plane

6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?
first public internet browser/ it brought the internet alive                  investment in fiber optic cable in oceans and over land made tokyo and mariland next door neighbors             people are able to collaborate with more people  doing more stuff than ever before

7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it? 
half of jobs sent            sending a factory over seas.

8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.
new form of collaboration and inovation    
linex

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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