Today in the beginning of class we discussed what we learned previously in the flat world lecture video.
1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?
ANYTHING CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGHOUT OUR WORLD BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.
The world becoming a smaller place due to technology.
1492- the early 1800s. Shrunk the world from large to medium.
They globalized for power.
Moving outside of your country and thinking outside of it.
3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.
Shrunk the world from medium to small.
People globalize by businesses. Companies were the main source of the globalization
Early 1800s to about 2000.
4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.
Shrunk the world from small to tiny.
It is brought upon individual people globalizing.
2000 to the present day.
5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?
11/9 was the date the Berlin Wall came down. It allowed us to see the world as a single flat plain.
The wall seperated the city due to the cold war. The wall being torn down was the symbol that the cold war was coming to an end.
6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?
The Nestcape browsers is what brought the internet alive. 8-9-95 changed the world because of the internet going live. It changed communication, entertainment, and changed people's lives.
*What was the genuses moment of the flat world?
People being able to work with people over a network like never before; via interenet.
Global platfrom for mulitple forms of colabertation.
7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?
Offshoring is moving a company to another country.
Outsourcing is with more technology.
It's taking our jobs away.
8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.
Open Office.Org.
Moxilla Firefox.
9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?
Google/ Searching Data.
10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?
Voice of the internet/ File sharing.
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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