went over the maps...again as always. these maps are somewhat hard.... and the test is later this week on thursday and going into friday....I HAVE TO STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
talked about a guy accused of being a 9/11 terrorist: it was someone we supposedly waterboarded.
continued "World is Flat":
6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?
-".com boom"
-Netscape went global on this date
-fiber optic cable is the gift that keeps on giving
-the genesis moment of the flat world: people are able to colaborate with more people doing more stuff than ever before.
7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?
-just a new form of colaboration supported by power
-taking a factory and moving it overseas, or taking the business over across seas and laying off many people to give other people a chance to have a job.
-flattens the world for many other countries-in which case we're helping them
-as an example, U.S. teachers could very easily lose their jobs to overseas
8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.
-a whole new form of colaboration
-Firefox was created by a 17 year old in new zealand--that's just a random fact
-Linux encyclopedia operating system is an example of open-sourcing
9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?
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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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